PUNCH IT BROOMZELLA/HALLOWEEN FRONT PORCH

Don't you just love this picture on my Halloween front porch.  My artist friend Teryl painted this for me many many years ago from a picture in a magazine.  We got a piece of plywood - had it cut and she started her magic.  I put this on the front porch sitting on my little bench.

Some of my scary pumpkins along with my scarecrow. The scarecrow is from Walmart this year and the pumpkins from various places over the years.  I mix in real ones in with my ones that I keep.

Sorry about the timer sitting on the shelf of the table - forgot all about it.  The big Black Kitty Pumpkin looks like he is smiling, doesn't he.

This is my fall wreath - didn't get a chance to make it scary as I had some medical problems and had to take it easy, which is hard for me to do.

Some more pumpkins by the from door.  Do you see Broomzella's broom there - she flew in on that. That Black Cat looks so mean - hope he doesn't scare the little ones away.

It was a beautiful day yesterday and the sun was so bright.  I just couldn't get the glare out of the picture, but this gives you an idea of my Broomzella's porch

Well Broomzella said to say Happy Halloween to all and to all a good night - be careful Trick or Treating.

I hope you have enjoyed this post with my little friend Broomzella, said she would see you all next year.

Hope you will leave a comment as I love reading them all.

Mary

FALL DECORATIONS AND GARDEN

This is my Dining Room table decorations, just something simple.  I have had this horn of plenty for over 15 years.  When I was a Meeting Planner for a large corporation, the Hyatt Hotel invited me to a Chef's table luncheon in November.  This was held in the kitchen and there were about 40 of their best customers there.  The chef prepared our food as we watched.  All of the tables had this beautiful fall arrangement in the horn of plenty.  I won one and the real flowers stayed nice until after Thanksgiving.  So every year I bring it out and it brings out such wonderful memories of times past. I put lots of pumpkins and gourds in it making a lovely arrangement.  By the way the food was to die for - very very yummy.

Some of the pumpkins are real and the rest are from years past.  Love the little pumpkin and ghost/witch salt and pepper shakers

Just a little decoration for the coffee table using my little branch wheel barrel.  Will change it out depending on the season and move it from place to place.

A scary Booooooo pumpkin arrangement purchase three years ago from Michael's after Halloween.

Just a few fall candles, big pumpkin plate from Walmart a few years ago and a little wreath on my sofa table.

Another scary pumpkin arrangement from Michael's.  I love the little ghost and witch's hat.  They will hold tea candles in them.

Wanted to show you some of my roses.  They are going crazy - full of blooms.  I have never had this many so late in the season.  We will have blooms all year until they are pruned way back in January.  I am going to try something different this year.  I am going to give them a heavy dead head and not prune them close to the ground, because we do not have cold winters like back east and they will not freeze.

This rose is one of my favorites.  I don't know the name but it came from the Ninety Nine Cent store and it really performs.

Lots and lots of roses on this bush. I was on a test program with Jackson and Perkins and they sent 4 rose bushes to plant and let them know how they performed.  I never knew the name of this one or if they produced it.  It's a lovely color with just a little perfume. 

I can't keep up with dead heading the roses.  I would have thought that they would have slowed down some this fall but, no such luck.

Aren't they just the cutest.  At night the little jars light up with a fire fly in them.  My friend Phyllis from Around the House gave them to me for my B day.

And of course my garden helper Waldo.  He is always with me where ever I go in the garden or house always keeping an eye on me

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Hope you leave a comment as I love to read all of them.

Hope that you have a BOOOOOOOOOOO Halloween.

Mary

FALL LUNCHEON

Two of my friends wanted to come over for lunch.  So I sat a Fall Table for them.  They are such busy ladies working in the hospitality industry, Patricia working as a Revenue Manager in a hotel and Julie works for
Disneyland in Sales.

The dishes were purchased at Marshall's about 2 years ago  The sunflower plates also at Marshall's.  The amber glasses from Walmart about 2 years ago.

I wanted their luncheon to be special, so out came my Tuscany Rooster set of dishes and rooster silverware.

 

I took a wreath and added sunflowers, pumpkins with my pumpkin candle holder in the center.  Two rooster candle holders to the side of the wreath, aren't they just the cutest?  My friend Phyllis from Around The House gave them to me for my Birthday several years ago.

Pattie and Julie came with two wonderful pizza's from the Pizza Press.  Vegetarian with yummy veggies on them and a nice field green salad.  I had made a appetizer platter of dill pickles, olives, cucumbers and radishes.  For dessert I made a Snickerdoodle Peach Cobbler with Vanilla Bean Ice Cream.

Aren't these dishes just wonderful for fall - the colors work so perfectly.

Don't the little pumpkins and gourds look cute.  I got some at Walmart and some at the Dollar Tree.

I just love these sunflower plates, they go so well with the dishes.  Hope you like my Fall Luncheon table.  

Thanks for stopping by and I love reading your comments.

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MY ROOSTER COLLECTION

     I  would like to introduce you to some of my rooster collection.  I was at Home Goods walking around and then I saw him, not that I needed another rooster, but he was calling my name take me, take me home, and of course I had to have him.  The big one to the left is a cookie jar and she is a hen.  My friend Phyllis from Around The House gave her to me for Christmas a couple years ago.  The rooster to the right I purchased my self at Home Goods.

These pictures were from my son.

My son Shaun and his wife Frances were in Hawaii at a Art Show in the hotel and saw this original picture and they gave it to me.  So I thanked them and put it away as it needed to be framed.  Well I forgot about it (shame on me).  Many years later after they had given me a few more roosters I remembered it and had it framed when I re-modeled the kitchen. It really adds to my collection.





These pretty little salt and pepper shakers are my newest addition, aren't they just the cutest.  My friend Jessie gave them to me for my Birthday this past July.


These pretty little S/P shakers were given to me by my friend Phyllis.  Isn't the salt shaker just so plump and friendly.


Aren't they just so pretty all setting there all in a row.  Collecting is fun isn't it.  I think it's all in the hunt.


This is my breakfast dishes - the roosters always make me so happy in the morning.  They are by Queen's and I found them TJ Max.


Can't you just imagine eggs, bacon and hash browns on these pretty plates along with my rooster silverware.



Just love this silverware which I purchased from Marshall's a couple years ago.


I think this rooster is one of the prettiest ones in my collection.  I purchased these at Home Goods a few years ago.  Don't you just love that store.  We have a new one going in really close to my home and I can hardly wait.  Hope they are open in time for Christmas shopping.


Just a few little greeters when you come in to my house.


The bigger rooster is from my granddaughter Kelly for my Birthday this year and there is a button you turn on and he crows.  I can count on her to give me at least one rooster for Christmas and my Birthday.  What a girl.



Well Waldo said aren't you thru yet, it's hot and your bothering my nap.  He has to be everywhere I am, getting in my way.  LOL




Poor Lili said leave me alone it's to darn hot to do anything!!!  I think I need to put this girl on a diet.

I hope you have enjoyed a few of my Yard Trotters (that's what we called them when I was little and visited my cousins).

Thanks so much for stopping by and leaving a comment because when you do I can find you ,leave a comment and follow you too..  I'm pretty new at this posting so forgive any mistakes.

Mary

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Blossoms and Hummingbirds

This is my Lions Tail plant  in  the front yard.  It really had the blooms this year.  It was amazing.

I don't know the name of this plant.  I got it at a Cottage Nursery and the leaves smell like Peanut Butter, so I call it my Peanut Butter Plant.  Does anyone know it's name?

Do I have hummers - I have three feeders on the front porch and there are always 2 to 3 hummers drinking.

At dusk they really come in 10 to 12 at a time.  I guess they are getting ready to store their energy for the night.

I love to sit outside and watch them as they are such busy little birds.  They sure let me knew when their

feeders are empty.  I have never used so much sugar in my life.  The feeders are re-filled every other day.

Here is one of my pink hydrangea bushes.  I didn't have as many blooms this year as last, I don't know why.

I have 6 different colored bushes along this side of the house which is east and they seem to like the early morning sun.

The closest bush has two different colored flowers on it - blue and purple.  The two farther back are white.
These bushes had tons of flowers, while some only had two or three blooms.

Here are some more of my flowers in the front yard along with some roses.

Can you see my little cherub singing to the daisy's?  I have three of them and they are so cute in the garden

Here is a small portion of my front porch.  Can you see my yard trotters sitting up there?  The chicken feeder was a gift from my granddaughter Kelly for Mothers Day in 2012.  Kelly is 10 years old and the love of my life.  She always gets me a chicken/rooster for Christmas and my Birthday's  which was last Friday. She got me a sun catcher rooster and a little rooster along with 2 pictures she painted.  Such a sweet little girl and quite the artist.

Hope you have enjoyed your visit today.  I look forward to hearing your comments.  I love to read them and what you have to say.


Mary