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.
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| Pumpkin Watercolor I did in 2020. |
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| My Nana's wooden bowl filled with pumpkins and leaves. |
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| Since I had extra pumpkins I added them to my painted little cupboard. |
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| 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. |
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| This cute little pumpkin candle ring and candle were just thing my island needed. |
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| 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
