A Fall country walk

 Farewell, October!

You were so nice, but it's time to welcome November and the Thanksgiving season.

"life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the Fall....." F. Scott Fitzgerald

John Sloane Country calendar

Got into my closet and found some of my Fall clothes. I've had this old old vest for nearly 20 years, maybe longer! It's sure held up very well.

Headed out for a Fall walk, hope you'll come along!

As twilight falls, our moonflowers bloom out. I think they are so pretty!

We also have a last minute big bloom of lilies, I guess they think it's summer, LOL. These were planted here many decades ago, we were told.

my last marigold of the Summer

Hello from the noisy guineas! They are fun birds!

This is Eagle, one of my beautiful hens.

We have a whole field of these pretty yellow flowers, I have no idea what they are and they weren't here last year, but a friend told us they are wildflowers. They have neat round leaves.

my Fall pin:

I wear it most every day

Tiny white fairy flowers, so delicate and pretty.

Our begonias are still blooming and going strong.

Sure loved seeing the big Supermoon last week, I think it was the last Supermoon of this year?

I think it was the Hunter's Moon as well as the Harvest Moon.

The hunters are definitely out here, it's deer season!

I've been busy putting my Summer clothes away and getting out my Winter things. Got all my winter shawls and hats out a few days ago.

Very soon I'll be getting to wear my favorite flannel shirts, I love those so much!

How is your week coming along?

"Listen!, the wind is rising 

and the air is wet with leaves.

We have had our Summer evenings...

now it's time for October Eves..."

  ............ Humbert Wolfe

Tansy invited us

 Tansy has invited us to her home

"hop on, y'all, I'll take you there!"

Showing off her pretty orange summer sandals:

Fall is  here, Tansy, you need to get OUT YOUR BOOTS! lol

"two doors down, they're laughing and drinking and having a party..." Dolly Parton, 1978

Welcome to Tansy's party, the sweet tea is ready!

Tansy sings "Jolene" for her guests

Tansy doesn't mind if her house is crowded or messy.

she just "escapes" to her little condo that she keeps too. ha ha LOL

I know I have alot of pocketbooks....but y'all should see TANSY'S! ha ha LOL

(above, Tansy's condo)

Mr. Front Porch made her the long pocketbook holder

enjoying the party

children are welcome

Tansy's tub

The ladies had a trying on party, and there are clothes and shoes scattered everywhere!

And Tansy already has her Christmas tree up and ready to be decorated!


Tansy has some new Holiday dresses to show y'all:

and she just can't wait to wear them!
me........I'm still enjoying Fall! LOL

and some beautiful sunsets:

Hope you had a great Fall week and enjoy a happy and healthy weekend.

dirt road time

 Well, I wrote this Dirt Road Adventure a couple of months ago, and forgot/missed it/didn't post it.

So I will still go ahead and post it today.

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After church on a spring day.

Well, give me a few minutes to get out of my Sunday Best.....and let's go take a walk-about. 

We take a daily walk-about, checking things out and see what's growing and what needs tending.

First, lets say hi to the lovely ladies at the Coop:

They love attention and are always glad to see us!

PollyAnna

Rose

BlackBeauty

Today we've brought watermelon, so they are very excited!

Rose getting snuggled by me:

Lets gather some fresh eggs!

Because of them, we have these:

and we sure LOVE THESE! LOL

a tired angel leaning

Lots of petunias in bloom:

Taking used coffee grounds out to feed my roses. They sure love it

This bush has over a dozen blooms on it all at once, so I am thrilled with it!

interesting algae things growing on bark

The baby chicks are hungry too, let's go feed and water them. I take them treats too, they are like little raptors! They are getting big so fast! The black and white ones are the friendliest. Here's a few of them:

the Tater Field:

Howdy!

the cannas are getting big! I'm looking forward to big red blooms. This is their third year, so they'll do even better this summer.

Time to feed and water the baby Keets. They are still doing great. They sure put the food away! They eat alot more than I expected, since they are so tiny! They have the sweetest little sing-song voices, love to hear them chirping and singing!

Mr. Front Porch discovered huge blackberry patches a few days ago! Getting lots and lots of bowls!

here's a patch of the berries while they are still red, and not purple yet

Little baby watermelons! So tiny, so cute! We will probably get these in the ground this weekend.

and our maters are doing well and have tiny babies on them. Fried green maters......can't wait!

the tater patch

and the squash and beans are doing great so far. That tiny squash is Tansy size! LOL

this is a four 'o clock flower that came up smack dab in the middle of the tater patch! LOL

We have a visitor this week:

Actually, there are two.

The pictures are not very good, but the cheery yellow bird is BEAUTIFUL! Such a splash of sunshine!

Well, that was a fun look back at summer! Those baby chicks are now full grown teenagers, and laying lots of eggs.

The "maters" and "taters", beans, and squash have all been dug up, picked, cooked and eaten.....or processed to eat this Winter.

The baby keets Guineas, are now full grown and big and pretty. And so noisy! They are fun birds.

The four o clocks, roses, and petunias are still in full bloom. So are the mandevilla and moonflowers, and white daylilies.

Those tiny baby watermelons totally surprised us and we grew a small field of them. It was our first year for watermelons, so that was surprising and fun. The guineas and chickens enjoyed fresh watermelons on lots of hot summer days, I put it in the icebox for them.

Happy Weekend, enjoy Fall, and still praying for the victims of the awful hurricanes.

What is your favorite part of Fall?