Fall Times

This week was Veteran's Day

 

and last week we enjoyed the "trunk or treat" at our church:

cant really share any other pictures from it because it's other people's children, but we had a great turn out and lots of costumes and fun was had by all. 

The farmers have their winter crops going: kale, turnips, cabbage, broccoli, collard greens, and a few carrots.

This farmer was out tending to his peanut fields, turning them over so they dry out before harvesting. Very fun to watch, but very DUSTY. The air at first smelled like potatoes, then I decided it was just the smell of good Earth. LOL

I keep making pictures of my "last Old Maids".........thinking they are DONE for the year......and they keep surprising me! I came upon this batch the other day.

One of our geraniums is blooming:

We enjoyed a Men's church Lowcountry Boil a couple of weeks ago. Mr. Front Porch brought me home a heaping plate..... It sure WAS GOOD!

And those weird shaped watermelons we found growing, it was finally time to cut them open.

Our ladies sure enjoyed the treat!

this guy visits us every day about supper time:

And  here it is the weekend again, already....time is sure FLYING BY.

Thanks for coming to visit me here, and hope you have a great weekend, full of all the things you enjoy! Be safe, and be happy!

thrift store paintings

 Recent thrift store finds:

It's a pretty picture, and with the horse and buggy and flowers, it reminds me of a John Sloane painting, but it isn't.

It's a Doris Morgan.

This is on the back of the painting:

I found this one too!

This painting is of "the Pink House" in Charleston. It was a house "of ill repute". LOL. It was a brothel, a tavern, and in later years, "decent" things like offices and an art gallery. LOL

Its a small pink house over on Chalmers Street in the French Quarter, and the best they can figure, it was built in the late 1600s. The street is cobblestone. We used to walk by it all the time. It was made of Bermuda stone which gave it the pink color, and there are many legends about sailors and pirates there.

Does anyone remember the old song "Brandy" by Looking Glass? About 1972 maybe?

This old tavern reminds me of the lyrics:

There's a port on the western bay

and it serves a hundred ships a day.

Lonely sailors pass the time away

and talk about their homes.

and there's a girl, in this harbor town,

and she works layin whiskey down.

They say "Brandy, fetch another round!"

She serves them  whiskey and wine.

The sailors say "Brandy, you're a fine girl, 

such a fine girl,

what a good wife you would be,

yeah, your eyes could steal a sailor from the sea".

(and the story goes on about the sailor she is in love with, but he won't give up the sea for Brandy.)

Brandy wears a braided chain

made of finest silver from the north of Spain.

A locket, that bears the name

of a man that Brandy loved.

He came on a summer's day,

bringing gifts, from far away.

Brandy used to watch his eyes

when he told his sailor's story,

she could feel the ocean fall and rise,

she saw it's raging glory.

But he had always told the truth, Lord, he

was an honest man.

And Brandy does her best to understand.

At night when the bars close down,

Brand walks through a silent town,

and loves a man who's not around......

she still can hear him say

"Brandy you're a fine girl,

what a GOOD WIFE you would be...."

I still love that song!

And I got these two nicely framed and matted ones as well

I really don't know if these are Charleston scenes, but they do look like it, I love them either way.

here I am with all three

and this pretty little happy anniversary plate!

The full Beaver Supermoon last night:

It was so bright and clear and pretty!

The weekend has arrived once again, and I hope you have a safe and happy one!

The last of summer in the garden

 

The sweet hummingbirds have left for the Winter, I will miss them alot. Mr. Front Porch took the feeders down yesterday. We leave them up as late as possible for any stragglers who may be stopping in for refreshments on their long migration journey.

some of my new painted bottles:

drying in the sun:

Callie is ALWAYS READY to walk about with us!

These are our four o'clocks! they are not like flowers....they are like huge BUSHES. They tower over my head by late July/August. We get a big kick out of them. We've never seen four o'clocks get this BIG, so we enjoy them.

Almost all of the blooms are gone now.

Some of my very last Old Maids:

I'm sure going to miss these bright blooms throughout the Winter!

Supper that day included one of my favorites, CORN!:

and when we cant have fresh......this Del Monte white corn is really delicious!

Its been rainy and cooler, On evenings like that after "porch sitting" is done I like to read my newest magazines, that  keeps me busy for quite awhile.

It's a new week, hope yours has started out great!

 Have you had to get out sweaters yet where you live? 

I've been slowly swapping out all my summer clothes for more long sleeves and a few sweaters, and also got out my Fall boots, a welcome change.

 Today I got out some light jackets and scarves to wash and freshen up so they're ready when it's cold enough. If a cold snap comes I don't want to be caught without warm clothes that are ready. LOL

(below) a page out of HGTV magazine.....shows the names of the different kinds of "punkins" we are seeing now, I thought that was interesting!

HGTV MAGAZINE

Merry New Week, Y'all!