Fall Is Taking Center Stage

Autumn is in full swing here in Michigan.

The days are definitely getting shorter.

The nights are getting colder.

Enough that we turned our furnace on now.

However not much in the way of a Fall color tour.

Maybe I took a cue from Mother Nature

with my decor in this room.

Rather than using yellows and oranges,

I chose gray, blue and browns.

Let's take a peek. 

In fact someone was peeking at me

when I took this pic.

Why are you taking my picture mom?

Right after my second picture he got up and left. LOL

Oh Tundra.

Let's continue.

Blues, gray and brown in my crocks.

More blue and gray.

This years color scheme was more calming to me.

All of the pumpkins were made by my

nephews wife Holly.

I simply love them.

Actually these pumpkins were my inspiration

for the color combo I did in our living room.

A much more un-traditional Autumn look.

They always say having a blue bedroom calms you.

Having blue in my decor here calmed me.

Stay tuned for part 2 of my un-traditional

Autumn decor.

Have you ever thought of doing other colors in

your Fall decorating?

In other news,

driving home the other night from work,

I saw the widest rainbow ever.

I was only a mile away from home driving 

along the river. 

There is no parking along the river road.

In some places the river is right up to the road.

This rainbow was so huge 

every color was vividly noticeable.

I was hoping to get home quick so I could take a pic,

but it was gone once I got home.

Last Saturday my granddaughter Mikayla

had her final homecoming as a senior.

She, her mom and brother missed my mom's

party because of this.

They will be heading to my mom's this Sunday

to take her out to dinner.

I am going to go up as well and spend the evening

once again with my mom. 

Bob has dinner ready so going to go eat.

He usually cooks for me Mon, Tue and Wed,

but is doing it today too!

Hope everyone enjoys their upcoming weekend.

Center Stage Blessings To All!

Janice

Sunday Starts

Hello my friends.

First off,

am hoping all is well with those in Florida.

I could not imagine having that many

tornadoes in one day.

Just horrible with that and the hurricane. 

More may be on the way.

Hurricane season is not over yet.

I wanted to show you a start that Bob

had been working on.

He found some more old doors,

and is making Christmas trees.

The wood around the door tree was some

of the leftover 200 yr old wood 

he still had.

I kept one for myself.

So far he has made 8 of them.

They are already at the store for sale.

I want Bob to put an old nail 

in mine to hang a wreath.

This is my new start.

House on Pear Hill.

Hopefully I can have this stitch

completed by Christmas.

I want to include this in our keeping room,

where I have my un-traditional colors.

My one day start.

 Not sure if I like this mauve pink

in the border.

I may change this out.

In other news,

my SIL survived the hurricane.

She lost power for a day,

but is alright now.

She was spared the damage that most had.

Mom's birthday party was a hit.

Everyone loved the food.

Here was the menu.

Will have to gather all of the pics and do

 a different post on her party.

She was definitely surprised and I am just glad

it is over now.

All the prep work for it was a bit for me.

We ended up with 42 family members attending.

I had invited 60, but knew 7 probably would not

be able to attend because they live all over

the country...which was the case.

My son could not get out of work.

His co-worker would not change days for him...

so he will NEVER do him a favor.

My daughter and kids could not come either.

Mikayla had homecoming yesterday.

She is a senior, so she could not miss that.

They will be going to my mom's next Sunday

to take her out to dinner.

Well have to do laundry now.

Beef cabbage soup will be going into

the crock pot for dinner tonight.

Sunday Blessings To All!

Janice 

 

Whippy Wednesday

Hello friends. 

Today I only have three WIP's to show.

First is my latest stitch for my Heritage wall.

I deleted a few of the rows of alphabets,

because I need to add my parents names.

their wedding date and church name.

I may even omit the two wreaths.

Will see once I get the top corner motifs stitched. 

The last I spoke about this stitch, 

I opted to go back to some of the ghosting.

I stitched back in the yellow, but not the white.

The second row of letters were a pain.

Lots of confetti stitching...

changing up the colors in each letter.

Once I got past that row, the next motif row

and alphabet row went by pretty fast.

Again no letter J's in this pattern.

Its a mighty big stitch too.

Left side

Right side.

The left motif is now finished.

Lots of confetti stitching here too.

This blue and brown border

will now go around the remaining design.

I wont stitch the whole border yet as I need

to make sure I get my parents names in before 

working on the church.

Then the name of the church will go below.

Then the rest of the border below.

Did I confuse you yet? LOL

With this sampler I am stitching out of

my comfort zone.

Am not a fan of pink, green or yellow...

and these colors are definitely in here.

I stitch on this every Saturday and Sunday 

when I am able to.

Next up is Penny Pumpkin.

This was my first day of stitching.

As you cans see I changed up the colors

of the pennys.

Also changed the colors of the berries.

Wanted them to be more like the colors of bittersweet.

then I opted to change the veining of the pumpkin.

Decided on doing mine in orange.

I worked on this for 5 straight evenings.

With my big Halloween project finally finished,

I have more free time each night.

This week working on another Halloween one.

One I want to finish this month if I can.

Last but not least.

Turkey Trot.

Last time I had almost completed 

the final turkey.

I do this one during my lunch break.

Turkey is well done. LOL

Even finished 2 of the 3 flower pots now.

Once again, I did change up the colors.

The pots themselves were 

suppose to be the white acorn color.

With the fabric I chose, they would not

have shown...which is why 

I had to outline the acorns.

Well that does it for what 

I have been working on recently.

I want to start a few more...will see what I choose.

In other news,

another hurricane is coming in.

My SIL is staying put and Bob is worried.

She lives inland but lives in a modular home.

Am told this may be the worst hurricane to hit

Florida in 100 years.

  Please say a wee prayers for everyone 

living in the path of what will be another

destructive hurricane.

Saturday is my mom's surprise birthday party.

We have over 50 family members attending.

Hopefully everyone will enjoy the limited

menu we picked out.

It will be nice visiting with everyone,

since many I have not seen in over 10 years. 

Have a wonderful rest of your week

my friends.

Mid Week Blessings To All!

Janice

 

Autumn In Our Keeping Room

Today's pictures are courtesy

of our keeping room.

***DISCLAIMER***

Long picture post.

 

Hope you enjoyed the pictures.

In other news,

I am appalled, livid and just plain

disheartened to hear that 

Mayorkis a few months ago said that

FEMA was ready for any disaster

that may come.

Only to find out now they ran 

out of money because they spent $1.4B

on illegal immigrants.

If another hurricane comes in they have no funds.

I pay flood insurance because we are so close

to a major river.

So my funds went towards illegals instead of

what it is intended for.

Those folks in N. Carolina

 were only offered $750.

What the hell is that going to pay for?

I pay out over $1000 a year.

The Biden administration has spent

how many billions on Ukraine and now these illegals,

that we cannot help our own citizens.

Its downright disgusting.

Why am I even paying for it myself?

If something would happen...

would I only get $750?

I am sorry, but they do all need to be deported.

Come back in the legal way like all of our ancestors did.

If Kamala gets in, just like her video shows

her singing to down down with deportation,

millions more will be coming in.

Dont believe in her border photo op where she would

not let reporters near her.

Wake up everyone.

Over 20 MILLION Illegals

 are everywhere in the US now.

With more still coming in.

You are not safe.

They are here in my own county,

 with more drugs and fentanyl 

coming through.

More crime than ever.

Every week I read it in my local newspaper.

Its a shame that 

WE THE PEOPLE

have no say in this....but we do.

Think about it when you vote.

Ok enough of my rant.

I went to the grocery store yesterday and OMG,

the entire toilet paper aisle was empty.

Guess folks panicked with the port strike.

Funny thing is, all of our 

toilet paper is made in the USA.

The strike would have affected bananas,

 coffee and tea to name a few...

 and those items were all there.

Well have to go to the store and take inventory

of our candles and make out an order.

Folks have been wanting certain scents,

do need to get my butt moving...

it is going on candle season.

Hope everyone enjoys their weekend.

Plus say a prayer for those affected by the hurricane.

I feel so bad for everyone that lost everything...

including their friends and family.

Such a tragedy.

Hurricane season is still not over yet either.

Autumn Blessings To All!

Janice

October CupboardScape

I cannot believe it is October already.

Am super excited about this post.

You will see why at the end.

 

I just love Autumn and Halloween,

 and all that goes into it.

Apple pie, Apple Cider...

APPLE APPLE APPLE

Then there is pumpkin everything!

Pumpkin Rolls, Pumpkin Pie, Pumpkin Iced Capps,

Pumpkin Muffins...well you get my drift.

My favorite time for baking.

My favorite time for burning candles

and the sweet scents of Autumn.

Like Yaya, I love witches.

I bring out all of my drieds.

My decor is much more muted

with just pops of oranges, 

golds and browns in some areas...

even blue and gray this year.

I finally finished block 12 of

Halloween At Hawk Run Hollow.

YAY

This block was entirely stitched.

No open areas anywhere.

I wont lie, but I was getting tired of stitching brown.

Started this piece on October 27, 2023.

I finally finished on September 28, 2024.

Yes almost a full year stitching on this.

Since I wont be getting this baby framed

any time soon,

I thought it would look great being featured

in my October CupboardScape.

I am super proud of myself

for plugging away.

Getting a block completed each month.

Some months I was not into it at all....

like the under water one & the swamp one.

I even changed up the scarecrow one

and changed some of the orange pumpkins

into black and added in a black jack-o-lantern.

Like the Energizer bunny,

 I kept going...and going and going.

It will be framed for next year.

Definitely will be under glass.

Speaking of framing,

I actually go to Hobby Lobby Robin.

The ladies there have been lacing for years.

They are very experienced and I am happy

with my projects thus that I have taken there.

Plus if I am not happy,

they will correct to my liking.

In fact with my last one there was one motif

that was crooked.

Debbie took it out of the frame and adjusted it

while I was watching her until I was pleased,

then put it back in the frame again.

Well that's it for

Halloween At Hawk Run Hollow.

Thank you everyone who followed along with me

on my progress. 

I truly believe it was all of your wonderful

comments which encouraged me to keep

on going month to month.

Otherwise it may have ended up in a closet,

collecting dust....

Hope everyone enjoys their October season.

Let me know what you like about this month.

In other news,

both Bob and I are feeling better.

Thank you for the well wishes.

Please pray for those who lost their lives 

from that devastating Hurricane Helene.

My sister and BIL flew into North Carolina

via Charlotte the afternoon it hit that state.

She was going to her granddaughter's 

birthday party just an hour east of Ashland.

My sister had never been in a hurricane before.

Neither have I for that matter.

She said the winds were scary that night.

Thankfully my nephew lives in the valley.

No flooding. Just lost power for a bit.

Yesterday was my mom's 90th birthday.

Fortunately I was at work when the Verizon

power outage happened and was able

to call her from my work phone.

I was lost without my phone, & thankful I did

not need it on my drive home. 

It finally came back late in the afternoon.

Well speaking of work, Have to get

 ready and drive in. 

Hawk Run Hollow Blessings To All!

Janice