We Gather Together...

We have had more cold days in October this year than I can ever remember. It's beginning to feel more like Thanksgiving every day. Although this is not my Thanksgiving table, it could work as one!

There is a little town about 5 minutes from my house named Gruene, TX. I found the brown toile plates there a couple of weeks ago, and the larger salad plates (they're sort of a muddy beige although they look white in the pictures) came from the Dollar Tree. The acorn salt and pepper shakers, and the acorn and pumpkin dishes came from Family Dollar. My clear gold cups and saucers are old, possibly depression era?

I found the place mats and napkins at a garage sale in Gruene awhile back...you gotta love .25 napkins and place mats! Leaves are tucked into the napkin rings, and the flatware is Oneida Michaelangelo. My sister bought the pumpkin tureen for me several years ago.

Hope your fall is blessed with family, friends and lots of laughter!

First Fall Weenie Roast....

For much of the year, it's really, really, hot in Texas. It's the kind of hot where you can cook an egg on the sidewalk...I once tried it. So when fall arrives, we anxiously watch the weather (no real need to watch it in the spring or summer) hoping for that first, much welcomed cold front. When my children were small, this turned into quite an event. As soon as the weatherman showed those beautiful blue lines on the map coming our way we would start gathering sticks for our kindling...the annual First Fall Weenie Roast was on! Even though everyone is grown, we still look forward to this annual party. It's become one of those family traditions that we wouldn't miss. This year, I decided to do a tablescape, buffet style, using my mis-matched brown drip ware.

The chili will be in the warming pot, the napkins are in the bean pot. The rooster pitcher is very old. It came from a florist shop and the sticker is still on the bottom showing the phone number with a TU exchange. If you remember phone number exchanges..you're as vintage as me! The cute leaf placemats came from Wal Mart earlier in the season.






There will be warm spiced cider in the fall beverage server and we will use the brown dripware mugs.




Of course, there will be 'Smores for dessert. My friend Julie made the cute 'Smores basket. There is a liner embroidered with a 'Smore, and a napkin to cover it all with our name on it.

Now..let's get outside and start cooking! Happy fall, everyone!

The Urns are Completed......

...and fall has come to the porch. To this...

From this....

It couldn't have been any easier. First I just filled the bottom of the urn with a ring of leaves, added pumpkins of different sizes, then put the berry and leaf sprigs in the urn in random spots. Join Susan at Between Naps on the Porch for more....



Scarecrow #1 (or as my two-year-old granddaughter calls it..SQUAREcrow) guards the entrance to the porch.



Scarecrow #2 is resting on the swing.







Scarecrow #3 is watching over the front door. Enjoy your fall and be sure to post to Mr. Linky above.

"Show Us Your Fall, Y'all!"

Well...even though it's still 85 degrees outside, I couldn't resist starting my fall decorating. I'm hosting a party...so put in the link to your fall decorating, and share what you're doing. Don't you love fall? The pumpkins aren't out at the stores here yet, so I couldn't finish my outside urns. But I did start inside.

Here is my dining room fireplace mantle...no fire, just candles...smell the cinnamon.....



My dining room buffet



My living room fireplace mantle...I love urns...


Some fall closeups



More fall touches...not sure who the picture is...need to change that!


I'd love to see what you're doing...please share! Watch for my outside urns...coming soon!