Signs of Fall, Halloween Trees, Card, Misty, and the Wall

 Fall started earlier in the

week. the green of the leaves 

started getting lighter.

And the red started busting 

out in some of the trees.

My forest in the backyard started 

also. Before long, the leaves will 

be all over the forest floor.

The view from the back door.

My view as I wash dishes, out the

window over the sink, over the deck and

through the screen....

PEACEFUL.

Halloween is coming up fast.

Wow, seems like it just turned

Oct.

I love these. I have the

black tree but I do not

want to start collecting 

stuff to put on it. 

I just do not wish to be

storing all that.

I love these.

I have really deep closets here at 

my new home, and with all my

Christmas stuff and Halloween

stuff, it all fits in one closet.

I don't want to have to start

storing things like that in the shed

cause it is finally easy for me 

to get to.

So, I don't need to collect 

a tree worth of ghost and 

sunflowers!

BUT

I do love these!

A couple blogs back I mentioned

that my oldest grandson 

turned 24. Wow, where has all 

that time gone.

Anyway, I made him a card.

He thought that was funny.

Thursday night while I did some

FB'ing and watched 

Matlock (new one),

Misty decided she wanted to 

be close, so she stretched out

on my knee, behind the laptop.

She looks comfy anyway, I am not

sure how, but she does!

One more thing...

A year ago this month, actually,

last week, I went to see this 

house for the first time.

When I first went in, my mind

went to spinning, I knew that 

if I bought the house, my hutch

was going on the wall you see first

when you enter the door. 

That is where I put it.

My youngest brother made this in 

the late 70s for mom and I always

loved it. Unlike all the other pieces 

that he made her, which were all oak,

this is pine, and I like it better than oak.

However, placing it on that wall, 

first thing you see, it was a tad

too much. I tended to overload it with 

stuff, dropping keys there, placing items

that go to someone else, putting bags

here etc...

So, I decided to more it. Problem with 

that, move it where? haha...

This house being made the way it is,

using all spaces with none wasted, 

BUT

it don't have enough blank walls like

I am used to.

My thoughts in life about walls,

 is that no wall goes naked.

With that said, it will have something

hanging on it or a piece of

furniture one it.

Space like that is limited for something

as big as the hutch.

I did find a wall in my room,

moving out something my 

Wizard Oz stuff was on,

and putting that stuff on the 

hutch. Pics on that once I 

get it all set up.

But what was I going to put

on that entrance wall?

You know me, you know I had

a plan!

I found some small shelves at

Dollar General I liked but I 

also knew that it would not be enough

on that big wall. 

But stopping at several DG, I 

could not find another set of 

shelves like the one I got.

But I found two other types, 

that are place, similar to the others

so, I decided to mix and match.

I am also good at that!

Here is my wall now.

The center shelf could be hung

linked together or each piece alone.

I wanted the linked together.

This is the shelf that got all 

this started. Next, I found the other 

square ones, they do not link and they 

have a metal bar at the front of the 

shelve to prevent things from 

walling off. I knew that would work

with the first set. Then I found the 

other ones, I loved the shape of those

and the color was prefect.

My thought all along was to put them up,

place the table that I got at

the yard sale for FIVE BUCKS under

them and place some of my smallest

items on the shelves. 

Since I had Halloween stuff out, 

I decided to move it around and place

on the wall for now.

Course my broom had to be placed

there. Under the table I placed

my cheese box, it has my moms

crocheted thread in there.

She gave me this stuff before

she passed and the thoughts

were, for her to show me how

to work with that thread.

We waited too long.

Anyway, I thought the cheese box

looked like it needed something,

so, I placed my great granny's antique

tins on top of it.

This sure does open up the room

more.

Do you tend to always be decorating?

Moving things around?

Pam