Getting ready for AUTUMN!!! :)

this is where you can usually find me...stitching and swinging on the porch...

one of my many Autumn/Hallowe'en flags!

(please forgive the farmhouse's siding, or lack-thereof...
we still think she's just beautiful in all her chippy-glory! no shiny stuff for us!!)

I've gotten some more of my Harvest decorating 'stuff' out of its hiding place
and am coaxing Autumn more & more to come here sooner everyday!
LOL :)

We are supposed to go from the high 80's and humid (ugh)
to 78 & dry by this weekend!!
WOOHOOOOO !!!!

that means these wonderful things will be just around the corner:

~more leaves changing colors on the Blue Ridge~

~crispy line-dried sheets~

~baking apple pies (baking ANYthing!)~

~PUMPKINS!~

~cozy-ing up the farmhouse~

~sleeping with the windows OPEN & NO A.C.~

*sigh*

oh, my list goes on and on, but I'm sure you know exactly how I feel!
Being a native New Englander, the LONG hot, Southern summers get quite boring to me.
I want (NEED) the changes of Seasons...
it renews the Soul & refreshes the Spirit!

so, I've dug out my flags & some faux flowers..that helps a bit...not really though,
I want to plant MUMS!
So, again I will look forward to changing out the summer linens and curtains...

collecting kindling,
(i'm sitting here sweating and thinking of kindling!...is it just me girls?)

and the cinnamon/clove scent the farmhouse takes on when the woodstove is burning.

such a tease....

oh I can hardly wait!

I've updated my picturetrail too, and will be working on it daily as I'm retiring alot of my older designs to make room for the new...

the link is on my sidebar or:

www.picturetrail.com/notforgottenfarm

AND

while sitting on the porch this morning,
I happened to look down and there sitting, staring back at me,
munching on something with his whiskers twitching,
was a great big, fat old GOPHER!

...startled,
I screamed...
which made the dogs come running over to the fence
and start barking wildly...
that kinda ticked him off

oh yeah...he didn't mind me being there at all...
but didn't like that I notified the dogs of his presence...
in fact, I think he gave me a rude gesture
(bird sighting!)
and walked (waddled) casually under the shop's porch....

of course I grabbed the broom...

(not that I was going to hit him, ...or ride away on it...ha ha.)
just thought if'n I needed it, I had it for some sort of protection...
maybe i thought I could 'shoooosh' him away?

(hey he was BIG, ok?...stop laughing!)

So I went back to my stitching and held my broom at arms length...
didn't see him again today.

(are they nocturnal?)

I'll be sure not to dangle my toes while sitting on the porch anymore...

(hmmm...wonder what that was he was muching on...)

well, folks, I'm off to the farmhouse to make supper...

it's one of those nights where I didn't plan on anything in particular,
but I usually can whip something up that's good!

Hope you get to enjoy the cooler weather soon, too!

Blessed be!

Lori