A Room With A View

The view from our dining room window

is pretty at this time of year.

There is an old rose bush

that blooms once a year

right outside this window.

We can also see one of the old buildings

and some of the fruit trees

which are pretty when they are in bloom

 

I think our dining room 

is my favorite room in the house.

The view looking in from 

the kitchen.

You can just see the wood stove

to the left.

 

 

From the living room. 

Into the kitchen.

From the living room again.

Oh goodness...the living room walls

are NOT this yellow...it's the

light this time of day!

Some of our collections.

I love Blue Willow and White Ironstone

 

 

Here is another view from the window.

 

I hate to see the blossoms end

but it's still a pretty

view.

What is your best view?

Ready For Guests

Next Wednesday my Sister arrives from Canada. 

The guest room is ready!

It's been nearly 3 years since Sue was here with us in Kansas

but this will be her first visit since we've moved to the farm. 

The last time she was here we lived in the big old Victorian

in town....now we're here in the country

in our tiny cozy farm cottage. 

I'm excited to see her

and the wonderful friends who are dropping her off

while they continue on to Tulsa Oklahoma.

She'll be here for two weeks...

lots of time to yack...shop...explore...did I mention yack?

;-)

See this pretty quilt?

One of my favorite Bloggers gave it to me!

She said she thought of me when she saw it...

how cool is that.

Thank you my friend...I LOVE it!

It's perfect.

The pattern and colors are gorgeous.

I have a fluffy Canadian goose down comforter 

that I put at the foot of her bed

although I doubt she'll get

cold as she can see the wood stove

from her bed.

I LOVE that floral pattern and I love the lilac color.

The little black dress...pinafore apron and hat

and hanger was made by Amish

not far from us.

Sweet Dreams Sis...

we'll see you soon!

Are you having company over the holidays?

A Little Fall Decorating

I don't have a lot of indoor fall decorations.\

to play with.

I think I need a trip to Hobby Lobby!

If you're looking for dust....you're probably

going to see it.

I promise I'm going to dust and polish before

my sister get's here next Wednesday!

No use doing it twice....right?!

The white pumpkins you see ....

they're from our last years crop 

and they're still looking good. 

I found this little crystal bowl at a garage

sale years ago and it wasn't until

today that I REALLY took 

a good look at it.

I don't remember seeing this spider web.

I don't know who the maker of this bowl is

but who ever it is they did a beautiful

job. The cut work is deep and 'crisp'

and yet it's very delicate.

Not bad for $1 !

I'm not sure how much more decorating I'll be doing

but if I find something I like while Sis and I

are 'out and about'.... and it's a DEAL

it will be coming home with me.

Are you done your fall decorating?

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I'm still working on my blog.

I'm sorry if you've been looking around and

clicking on things and they aren't working.

I may have to delete a couple of tabs as I'm a

computer klutz. 

I think everything else is working OK.

If you find a problem please

let me know.

Thanks.

I hope your weekend is a good one!

Pumpkin Inspiration!

Country Living

It's that time of year...my favorite time of year.

I LOVE fall.

The pumpkins and Mums and gourds are in the supermarkets

and farmers markets and everything is

geared towards the changing of the seasons.

I LOVE IT!

Now that I've bought a few pumpkins

I thought I'd look for a little inspiration to help get my

creative juices flowing.

So if you're trying to think of new ways to use your

pumpkins this year....here are a few

idea's for you.

Martha Stewart

Martha Stewart

I like the idea above for our farm!

Martha Stewart

The wreath above is made of corn husks!

Martha Stewart

I grew gourds like the ones on the right this year.

I don't think mine will be dry enough this year.

 Aren't they cute!

Martha Stewart

The arrangement above is called a 'mumpkin' :)

Southern Living

I love this idea of cutting a pattern in the outer skin

and cutting it away.

This would be a lot less messy plus the pumpkin would last longer.

Southern Living

Southern Living

Cottage Living

I'd love this front porch! 

Southern Living

Cottage Living

Well...now I need to get working on my own

pumpkin decorating.

If you haven't already started your fall decorating

I hope some of these pictures

have helped inspire you.

Happy Fall!

Have Fun!

Maura :)

It's all in the details

It's been much too hot to take pictures outside

and to tell you the truth 

there isn't much to see out there

as everything is struggling 

just to stay alive.

So...

I thought I'd go through my old

photo's to see what I had

that you might find

interesting. 

Some of you have seen these

photo's before but I

thought I'd post

them again for those who

may have missed them.

These first two photo's 

are of the embroidered

sheer panels I 

bought at JC Penny

years ago when we renovated

our cottage in the city. 

We then bought a huge

Victorian house

in a small farming town

in the country.

I never used the panels there and

almost sold them at our 

garage sale

when we bought our 

cottage in the country.

I was surprised to see how perfect

they were!

They are very well made and have

lovely embroidery all over them.

This is a broach that an elderly

neighbor made for me years ago.

It's heart shaped and covered with 

antique buttons.

Above and below is part of an

antique dresser set I have

on my old oak dresser.

My favorite tea pot.

Above is the dresser set sitting

on the old oak dresser I actually 

bought as a vanity for our 

bathroom renovation.

It didn't work out in there 

but it worked perfect in our bedroom.

Here's a few old photo's 

of the details on this dresser.

The dresser now sits in the corner

to the left.

This is a photo of our bed taken last 

winter.

Even though it's going to be

105 today

AGAIN

I still want to climb into it.

With the ceiling fan blasting on me!

Above are pillows 

that I found at garage sales

in the city.

This beautiful duvet cover 

was given to me by our neighbors

when we lived in the city.

They had never used it!

So there you have it.

I hope you've enjoyed seeing some of the 

details from around the

cottage.

Have a wonderful weekend and stay cool!

Maura :)