Dahlias on the Table

 It has been so much fun to have all these dahlias to make arrangements with.  The red and burgundy ones are just beautiful.  I decided to set the table around them and the apple plates by Fransciscan.  I've had the fabric a long time and it was just right for the table.

It's been stressed and hectic around here with a sick dog but a pretty table makes it all better.  I hope you are having a great start to the fall season. 

Happy Fall Y'all

Love,

Mona

Another Holiday Weekend

Well, it is Columbus Day weekend.  Is that really even celebrated?  I just happened to look at the calendar as I thought about posting some pictures.  Ramblings going on here.  lol

Now for some important stuff..pictures..photographs..my garden..and a pretty table..

transitioning into fall crops

moonvine has been spectacular

where the oak tree stood..now full of herbs, tomatoes, flowers

Pink muhly grass

beautiful in the landscape

pink

As we go into full on fall season, the mums are appearing everywhere..  Hoping your weekend is restful and good...

Happy Fall Y'all...

Love, Mona

Friday Flowers #15

As I sit by my window, it is raining...a soft, steady rain..and it is cooler, much cooler...
Oh, glorious fall..you are so welcome this year.  It has been a tumultuous year to say the least..
Starting in February when the ice storm caused so much destruction...we need a breather.. Can any of you relate?

Battling a pinched nerve in my lower back since early summer (it is all better now thanks to my awesome chiropractor)..then a wasp sting in the nerves of my forearm put me out of commission for almost 3 weeks and I couldn't even type with my right hand....it is much, much better now too..I tend to keep to myself and be quiet until the storm passes.  But, it has not been an easy year for us, at all.
Now that I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, I can share it with y'all...no pity, please or worry..

We are healthy and happy now..just a little timid and a little battle weary.....hahaha  I promise, that will pass too...

I have certainly enjoyed our spider lilies this year.  The rain from earlier in the summer made them very happy...

I hope your summer was a good one.  Nevertheless, it is finally fall..and for that I am very grateful..

Welcome, welcome....in every garden, a little rain must fall....so the flowers can bloom....

Thank you for stopping by...

See you again soon..

Love,

Mona

Collecting What You Love

Ahhh  the golden hues of fall...  I have these cream soups that I thought would be perfect for a bowl of grits..

With the morning sun streaming through the window, it makes for a great spot for breakfast...

Since the time change and the leaves falling off of the trees, it is getting brighter earlier in our family room..

I used green Lenox chargers, Royal Orchard by Noritake for plates, then layered the amber glass plates and the topper is a saucer with cream soup bowl..Savoy..Castleton China..

I filled a compote with these fabric balls  from a few years ago...

I won't give you a lot of memories for this table..well, maybe one...LOL  This dried corn bundle came from my Mama a long time ago.  I have cared for it and it has lasted for well over 10 years. I know...amazing.. 

Oh well, one more...see that orange marbleized pitcher?  As I was leaving my Daddy's house for the last time, it caught my eye..we were already packed up with all that we could carry..  I saw this little pitcher sitting on his art table holding fake flowers..so I took them out and brought this home...My grandmother painted it..she was way before her time with artistic ventures..I have heard stories about her using oil paint drizzled onto a washtub of water..dipping things in the water and paint to make these spectacular marbleized pieces...I am so happy that I have one of them...She was so very creative and not afraid to experiment with anything..  I would love to have a conversation with her now...

It wasn't until after I looked at the pictures..I promise this is true...that I realized I had brought a lamp that I have loved with NO place to use it for years, and placed it on this table right next to the marbleized pitcher..and the lampshade goes so beautifully with it....I am a firm believer in this way of decorating..

Buy or collect what you love and it will all go together..

This is a true example of that philosophy...the lamp, the fabric balls, the turkeys, the Thanksgiving cactus, the pitcher.....they all just happened to end up on this table and they all go together so well that I wrote this post about them.....after I found some dishes to coordinate with them....

So glad you came for a visit...I love, love, love reading your comments and try to visit each and every one of you...tell me if you follow me and I will follow you too...all y'all stay warm in the freezing south...

Love,

 Mona

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A Beautiful Tree

This is just a few pictures of an enormous ginkgo tree here in Athens..  I hope I can time it right and get more ginkgo tree pictures in the next week....so beautiful....ENJOY!!

I am thankful we live in an area that has so many of these trees..

We are just entering the peak of the fall color around our are...

Happy weekend to you all....

Love, Mona