Wednesday, October 2, 2024

October is here!

Hi Everyone!  I cannot believe that October is here already!  Where did September go!  Next thing it will be Thanksgiving and Christmas.

I have been hand sewing another shirt for Mason.  I am done with the shirt, I just need to do the buttonholes and the laundry mark (his initials and 2).  This is the best shirt I have made so far.  He should look quite dapper working at Colonial Williamsburg!  He will be coming down this weekend to go hunting, so at some point between me working and him hunting we'll get together and he can pick up the shirt.  It will be good to see him.  I'll post a photo when the shirt is complete.

Boy, it sure gets darker earlier.  The other night it was completely dark by 8!  I did some more decorating for Fall with some pumpkins and things from another Rubbermaid tub I found in the guest room closet.  I found my pumpkin watercolor painting I did.  I was happy about that.  I knew I had hung it in the apartment last year so I knew I had it.  I have another watercolor I want to do (maybe next week) with leaves and acorns.  I haven't painted in so long. 

Pumpkin Watercolor I did in 2020.

 
My Nana's wooden bowl filled with pumpkins and leaves.

Since I had extra pumpkins I added them to my painted little cupboard.

Same with my pumpkin pine cupboard.  I have a wooden piece that they used to let dough rise on here, so it needed some pumpkins!  I made the stained glass pumpkin on here too.  I have since moved it to my white painted cupboard so you could see it better and it was in the way when I open the cupboard.


This cute little pumpkin candle ring and candle were just thing my island needed.

I added some pumpkins to my Green Depression Glass bowl and a little wheat to the fence post vase I have on the white cupboard.  The sampler was from my Dad's family.  I love it so much!

My dahlias have had a resurgence!  The cooler weather has really helped them out.  They like it cooler than it had been anyway.  I just love bringing them in the house.  Makes me happy!





 The roses are blooming again also since it has gotten cooler.  Here is a rose I brought from my house in SC, it is called My First Love.


The last thing I'm going to show is a stool my Dad made for me.  I painted a New England type scene on it in acrylic.  I have another stool he made just like this and I had it displayed on the 4th of July because I painted a flag on it.

I just want to also say that my heart goes out to my fellow North Carolina residents that live in Western North Carolina.  It is so bad up there and so much loss.  I really can't talk about it, it is so upsetting.  All of the people in the Greenville area of SC, some areas in GA and of course, all the people in FL are in my prayers also.  Hurricane Helene will not be forgotton so easily for sure.  

Well that about sums up everything going on here.  I hope everyone is enjoying the cooler weather.  Again please pray for everyone affected by Helene.

Sherri


7 comments:

  1. Here n Florida we escaped but barely….devastation all around us…on same streets..prayers…love j your photos Brenda

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    1. Brenda, my prayers and thoughts are with you all! Western NC, GA and SC were hit hard also. Such devastation all around. Hugs, Sherri

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    2. Still can’t talk about Milton Brenda

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  2. I could use cooler weather here in Hawaii. We've been listening to all the devastation and casualties left by the hurricane and feel horrible for everyone. I hope help comes quickly. I can imagine how difficult it must be with such a wide swatch of area that is devastated.

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    1. Kay, it is very hard to even watch all this on TV or Instagram. So much loss. I was talking to a man and his brother and they said they lost every single thing they owned. They watched their cars and house just wash away. They said they are lucky to be alive. My heart just goes out to each and everyone in the affected areas. I hope you get cooler weather in Hawaii soon! I want that for here too! Take care and thanks for stopping by!

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    2. By the way, that watercolor of the pumpkin you did is beautiful. You are such an amazing artist.

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