Happy Fall.

I am not sure why flickr is blurring up these images when I link them over to blogger......

Window Wednesday

The National Trust for Historic Preservation wants you to Love Your Historic Window.


(image via Preservation Nation on Flickr)

Upload your historic window pictures on the Love Your Historic Window Flickr Group.

The National Trust also has several great links on Historic Windows including this one.

A Garden Web.

The spiders have been busy the past few days. Just thought I would share.

Saturday Drive

Birmingham, AL




Saturday, I went with a friend to see a house she and her husband were looking into restoring in Birmingham, AL.



I kept getting distracted looking at all the lovely homes in the neighborhood.



There may or may not have been squealing when I saw this craftsman.




and gasping at this Tudor.




and I just stopped short knocking on this door and asking for the paint colors of this one.

L.O. V. E.

Plant Stand

Frost is about 6-8 weeks away here in the Deep South.

I have several plants, ferns, begonias, etc. that I bring in for winter.
However plants inside the house placed on floor level creates confusion for our dog.

Last year I placed all the plants in the sun room and closed the door. With the door closed, I went on with my life, forgot about them, and stressed the plants totally out. I am so very surprised the poor neglected things lived to talk about me.

When I saw this great plant stand with MCM lines at a Flea Market a couple weeks ago and it was just a couple of dollars, I picked it up.

There it sat ignored on our front porch a week or so.

This weekend I decided to turn off Twitter and get something done.



I sanded, primed, and had planned on painting the stand orange. However the primer grey was really talking to me. I liked how it looked on our floor. ( Yes, Chris REALLY needs to stain/seal the deck. You are preaching to the choir.)






Right now it is only primed. I cannot decide to paint it orange and finish it with a clear coat or leave it the matte grey.

Decisions.....

Dressed in Yellow and Black.

From my mom's garden.

Sunflowers in the Garden.

It is the time of year of bright white light and strong shadows.
The past few mornings were filled with crisp air.

Happy Day.

For the Wright price....

An architectural work of art could be yours.

I saw this link on Twitter the other day and I have been day dreaming since.

Go ahead and pick yours out.




FLW 's F.B. Henderson House for almost $2 million.




The Millard House for $7,733,000



or maybe the Stromquist Residence for $3.5 million.

10 Amazing Frank Lloyd Wright Homes for Sale Today via Design Crave

Also take a looksy at BeachHouse's Wright post.
and the post here.

This Place Matters.

I am so going to do this. ( Well... in my spare time)

It is not so much the National Trust's photo contest as the message it is sending.
I love this campaign.

All images from "This Place Matters" Flickr Pool.

Go ahead and spend a few minutes there.


(Images uploaded to Flickr Pool by users Sarah Coolen, Seth McGee, and Wayne Kelley. )

Garden Pests

What the squirrels leave behind.....



The lubbers are sure to eat......

I found all of our corn shucked on the stalk the other day. I could not figure out what may have eaten all the corn off the stalks. Twitter said that is was Raccoons or Opossums. I believed them until I caught the furry tailed rascals green handed this morning.

As far as the Lubbers.....I hat them. Nasty bugs.


Good Day!