Autumn Open House

My sweet blog friend Deena over at "Can I Be Pretty In Pink" is hosting an Autumn Open House from her home in The Singing Woods. Deena shares her story of surviving cancer on her darling blog. Please keep Deena in your prayers. She has three more brain radiation treatments to go.

So, for Deena, and for my other friends who have posted pictures of your fall homes, here are a few from our home in the country.


Most scarecrows protect the harvest from birds. This guy is here to keep the goats away!



Antique bushel basket for prunes, and one of my favorite fall items.



Going down the stairway.


My Grandmother's old Fire King divided dish and two coffee mugs with tea lights in them. She said they came in Gold Medal Flour sacks. The wheat lap try is also from the 50's. And the Ultimate Muffin recipe is from The Lazy Organizer.


Our family started going through this book several weeks ago. Since then, the elections have become more intense and the "bailout" and banking crisis have come upon our country. We definitely see now even more than usual why we need to pray for our great democracy.

My great grandma's old cookbook and some mini fall gourds in a Plantation patterned Heisey glass candy dish.


My Little Man's ET finger touching one of the pumpkin lights I bought for his first birthday party last year. I cannot believe he will be two on Friday.


Painted in a warm tone of a butterscotch shade, our living room is kind of fallish year round.




Some friends got together last year and made these adorable placemats with our little girls. I don't usually like fake candles, but my baby has climbed up on the table a couple times lately. Better safe than sorry!



These are mercury glass pumpkins I bought several years ago on clearance. I love them in our entryway.

One of the best things about fall decorations is that, after you put a couple harvest specific ones back in the attic at the end of October and add a couple Thanksgiving items, you can leave them out until the end of November!