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No matter the season or weather, our multitude of trees seem to find various ways to litter sticks and tree debris. Right now it's acorn leaf clusters, walnuts and hickory nuts. We try to keep on top of it by getting out weekly and doing some yard clean up. My husband does most of the work, but hey, I'm there to cheer him on. Most of the yard junk heads to the yard waste disposal, but I can quickly get waylaid if I take time to look for interesting natural specimens. Taking a break I grabbed one of my chippy white vintage totes and put together a fun seasonal gathering of natural organic elements. (okay maybe a few faux pieces hopped in for more great color) We have quite a few walnut trees and oak trees in back and front. Interestingly, the oak leaves mostly fall off the trees in clumps. Now that they have some acorns attached, they make a cute little bundle. We have a boat load of walnuts this year so my hubby grabbed his walnut roller and made pretty quick work of them. We try to help out the wildlife, so we always dump the walnuts in piles in the rock landscape beds. Believe me, the critters find them because their little black faces are proof since walnuts stain. not my photo, but what a cutie. A few mini zinnias, some speckled oak leaves, and walnuts in a bird nest... Add in a bit of bird seed in a vintage clay pot and a bark birdhouse. I'm out on the covered back porch with a few of my chippy garden pieces. This old step stool has been around for awhile. It gets chippy-er each year. You can never have too many vintage galvanized watering cans. It was just what I needed to take some time and be present in this short season before fall. Collecting naturals for a quick porch arrangement makes me feel attune to nature. I have a little obsession with vintage white totes and I love grabbing one for whatever the occasion. Here are a couple of inspiration pics from my Pinterest board (Fall Gardens and Porches) I think originally from The Country Gardener magazine. More garden naturals HERE And HERE Au Natural Hope you are having a wonderful last week of August. Anything interesting in your yard? p.s. My previous email notification is "going away" at the end of August. If you'd like to continue to receive email notification of new posts please sign up with the Mail Chimp form below as you scroll down my blog on the right. Thanks so much friends!
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No matter the season or weather, our multitude of trees seem to find various ways to litter sticks and tree debris. Right now it's acorn leaf clusters, walnuts and hickory nuts. We try to keep on top of it by getting out weekly and doing some yard clean up. My husband does most of the work, but hey, I'm there to cheer him on. Most of the yard junk heads to the yard waste disposal, but I can quickly get waylaid if I take time to look for interesting natural specimens. Taking a break I grabbed one of my chippy white vintage totes and put together a fun seasonal gathering of natural organic elements. (okay maybe a few faux pieces hopped in for more great color) We have quite a few walnut trees and oak trees in back and front. Interestingly, the oak leaves mostly fall off the trees in clumps. Now that they have some acorns attached, they make a cute little bundle. We have a boat load of walnuts this year so my hubby grabbed his walnut roller and made pretty quick work of them. We try to help out the wildlife, so we always dump the walnuts in piles in the rock landscape beds. Believe me, the critters find them because their little black faces are proof since walnuts stain. not my photo, but what a cutie. A few mini zinnias, some speckled oak leaves, and walnuts in a bird nest... Add in a bit of bird seed in a vintage clay pot and a bark birdhouse. I'm out on the covered back porch with a few of my chippy garden pieces. This old step stool has been around for awhile. It gets chippy-er each year. You can never have too many vintage galvanized watering cans. It was just what I needed to take some time and be present in this short season before fall. Collecting naturals for a quick porch arrangement makes me feel attune to nature. I have a little obsession with vintage white totes and I love grabbing one for whatever the occasion. Here are a couple of inspiration pics from my Pinterest board (Fall Gardens and Porches) I think originally from The Country Gardener magazine. More garden naturals HERE And HERE Au Natural Hope you are having a wonderful last week of August. Anything interesting in your yard? p.s. My previous email notification is "going away" at the end of August. If you'd like to continue to receive email notification of new posts please sign up with the Mail Chimp form below as you scroll down my blog on the right. Thanks so much friends!
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Last post I shared my hearth room mantel and décor along with a few woodsy friends. I guess you could call this part 2 of the hearth room as the sideboard and cookbook cupboard are actually in the hearth room. The old sideboard is a family piece that got a makeover when we moved to this house. I hadn't really used it for over 15 years, so I really love getting to see and use it each day instead of it hidden in the basement. With the beveled mirror in the background it gives the appearance that the moss and velvet pumpkins are off kilter and overloaded. If I take a full on view I'm always shown in the mirror, so I have to do a side view. (sorry, you probably don't want to see me in my plaid flannel pajamas and robe) This huge wash bowl from the late 1800's is one of my favorite vessels for fall. The pitcher wasn't with it and it has a small crack along the bottom so I'm super careful with it whenever it comes out of storage during the autumn season. The little shelf along the top of the mirror is a fun place to display small item collections. This season I have a few of my crocks, a concrete pumpkin, and two antique mattress "springs" holding baby boo pumpkins. Actually the small crocks were in my husband's collection but I "appropriated" them into my decor. He was generous and didn't complain. I have a habit of doing that as he also started collecting demijohns before I fully appreciated them. I've laid claim to those too. Ironstone pitchers and my book page cut out pumpkin candle covers balance out the top of the sideboard. Now, on to the Cookbook Cupboard along that same long hearth room wall. The top gets a seasonal change up, but the shelves are minor players as I keep my cookie jar collection and cookbooks there. I've mentioned in the past that my cookbooks are pretty laughable because they were mostly purchased for my girls when they were learning to cook, so most of them are very "junior" and basic. One of my favorite fall botanical prints is in a black vintage frame with apples and pears. The black chalkboard is a fixture here, so whatever lands in front has a great backdrop and pops with color. The chalk fruit topiary that didn't make the cut on the coffee table in the garden room landed here and it looks much better being out of the way and in a corner. My dad's old enamel coffeepot is filled with a mixed bunch of fall faux foliage. Hard to tell the color, but that's an aubergine velvet pumpkin. Love that color! At first I thought those orange salt and peppers on the right were tomatoes, but no, they're pumpkins! Vintage seasonal trays are always a favorite for an interesting background in shelving. I have more fall ones than other seasons, and at any given time you can find several metal trays used in my decor around the house. Here are a few fall posts you might enjoy... October Fun in the Cookbook Cupboard French Cottage Kitchen Niche for Fall Dough Bowl Pumpkin Centerpiece on the Sideboard Weekend Inspiration and Fall Favorites Welcome to My UnOfficial Fall Home Tour Did you catch my last post? The House on Silverado Love Your Creativity at Life and Linda, Inspire Me Monday at My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia Met Monday at Between Naps on the Porch Inspire Me Tuesday at A Stroll Thru Life Wonderful Wednesday at Eclectic Red Barn Turnabout Tuesday at My Wee Abode, Share Your Style at French Ethereal Happiness is Homemade at LEO Wife Centerpiece Wednesday at Karin's Kottage Vintage Charm at Our Hopeful Home, Thursday Favorite Things at Follow the Yellow Brick Home, Create, Bake, and Grow at Shabby Art Boutique, Farmhouse Friday at County Road 407
Image 14 of 20 from gallery of Venice Biennale 2012: Light Houses, On the Nordic Common Ground / Nordic Pavilion. © Nico Saieh
A wry, tender novel about a Peruvian immigrant mother and a millennial daughter who have one final chance to find common ground Thirtysomething Flores and her mother, Paula, still live in the same Brooklyn apartment, but that may be the only thing they have in common. It’s been nearly three years since they lost beloved husband and father Martín, who had always been the bridge between them. One day, cleaning beneath his urn, Flores discovers a note written in her mother’s handwriting: Perdóname si te falle. Recuerda que siempre te quise. (“Forgive me if I failed you. Remember that I always loved you.”) But what would Paula need forgiveness for? Now newfound doubts and old memories come flooding in, complicating each woman’s efforts to carve out a good life for herself—and to support the other in the same. Paula thinks Flores should spend her evenings meeting a future husband, not crunching numbers for a floundering aquarium startup. Flores wishes Paula would ask for a raise at her DollaBills retail job, or at least find a best friend who isn’t a married man. When Flores and Paula learn they will be forced to move, they must finally confront their complicated past—and decide whether they share the same dreams for the future. Spirited and warm-hearted, Melissa Rivero’s new novel showcases the complexities of the mother-daughter bond with fresh insight and empathy. DETAILS ISBN-13: 9780063272491 Publisher: Ecco Publication Date: December 5, 2023 Pages: 272
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