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DeVaudrey18 Posted - Jul 13 2016 : 7:34:08 PM
We are smack dab in the middle of summer, but I have a terrible itch to get started on my Fall decorating. Am I rushing it? lol I keep thinking coffee and muffins, everyone else is talking sweet tea and ice cream! :D
hugs

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Nancy Gartenman Posted - Sep 05 2016 : 08:54:40 AM
Winnie, so excited to see all your pictures. So pretty.
Nancy Jo

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levisgrammy Posted - Sep 05 2016 : 06:39:42 AM
Can't wait to get back home and start my fall decorating. Enjoying the grands but when I'm away I always think of all the things I want/need to do at home.

~Denise~
Farmgirl Sister #43

"Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path." Psalm 119:105

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Red Tractor Girl Posted - Sep 04 2016 : 4:36:03 PM
Hmmm, Sara. I never have heard of or seen small dried pumpkins. How do you get them to dry without rotting first? I have seen gourds dried but never the little pumpkins which I know would be fun to use every year in bowls etc. Wow, I bet your house looked so festive the year you did all of those pumpkins up the sidewalk! A lot of work but what a wonderful Fall image for people who pass by.

Winnie #3109
Red Tractor Girl
Farm Sister of the Year 2014-2015
YellowRose Posted - Sep 04 2016 : 05:58:22 AM
So far Winnie the only thing I have had stolen was two pumpkins the first year I was in Paris. I did the Country Living Mag thing and lined my front sidewalk to my porch with pumpkins and pumpkins/large gourds across the porch. The two pumpkins closest to the street were taken. I'm glad I did it that one time but never again. Now I just put pumpkins/gourds around the front step.

Over the years I have dried gourds and small pumpkins. I keep them in a round wood cheese box and sit it on the front porch with a stuffed black crow on top. I think it looks sorta Country Living Mag.

Sara~~~ FarmGirl Sister #6034 8/25/14
FarmGirl of the Month Sept 2015.

Lord put your arm around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth.
Red Tractor Girl Posted - Sep 04 2016 : 05:16:03 AM
Sara, I bet your scarecrows are adorable! You are absolutely correct that you can't have too many scarecrows for Fall. To me, they just signal fun, family, and simple pleasures. I love to drive in the Fall through rural areas and look at the great scarecrow and fall displays people put in their yards. Such clever and creative uses of hay rolls, hay bales,corn stalks, pumpkins, wagons..........all wonderful! I had to quit making scarecrows for my yard and porch because every time I do it, they get stolen. As a matter of fact, I've had the wreath off the front door snatched along with pumpkins and wooden yard art. It makes me mad so now I only put fun things out on my back porch where nobody but us can see them!!

Winnie #3109
Red Tractor Girl
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YellowRose Posted - Sep 03 2016 : 09:56:26 AM
April, I'm with you when it comes to scarecrows. Can't have too many of them. Today I'm sewing new patches for two stuffed ones that sit on my front porch. One of my new fall fabrics has big red apples so each scarecrow now has a shiny new apple on their trousers knee. They will fit right in with my decorating for FarmGirl Apple Festival and Apple Pie Sunday.

Sara~~~ FarmGirl Sister #6034 8/25/14
FarmGirl of the Month Sept 2015.

Lord put your arm around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth.
Dreamer42 Posted - Sep 03 2016 : 09:27:53 AM
That fall bug has bitten me hard too, Mr scarecrow and his brother already flew in and perched themselves in our yard, one near front door and the other in back yard flower garden... a few happy pumpkins followed them in! I guess they are trying to tell me to get cracking on the fall embellishments! I've never turned down a scarecrow yet! Happy fall to all my sister's out there!

Dreamer42
Farmgirl Sister #7038
Red Tractor Girl Posted - Aug 19 2016 : 06:45:10 AM
Yesterday I used some of my early apples I purchased last week in Asheville, NC to make a sweet apple relish and a loaf of Apple Cheddar bread. I found the bread recipe last year and tried it out when I was doing our Apple Badge during September's Apple Festival here at the farm. I used MaryJane's ChillOver powder to thicken my relish and went a bit overboard with the amount so the relish tastes wonderful but is a bit too stiff. No matter because the warm bread softens it up right away. I am enjoying it with my recent arrival of PUMPKIN SPICE COFFEE!! Life is good and fall is getting closer every day!!




Have any of you gotten that Fall Itch and made a recipe that you normally only make when the weather cools off? Chili? Soup? Pie? Let us know!!

Winnie #3109
Red Tractor Girl
Farm Sister of the Year 2014-2015
levisgrammy Posted - Aug 18 2016 : 10:15:45 AM
I know those are horrible and so much loss. Sad and scary.

~Denise~
Farmgirl Sister #43

"Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path." Psalm 119:105

http://www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com/
http://www.torisgram.etsy.com
ceejay48 Posted - Aug 18 2016 : 09:56:05 AM
We've actually been having cooler temps the past week or so. Today it's high clouds and right now the temp is 70 (11 AM MDT) Don't know if rain is in the forecast or not.

I'm just grateful to NOT be in the fires in southern California or floods in Louisiana . . mercy!
CJ

..from the barefoot farmgirl in SW Colorado...sister chick #665.
2010 Farmgirl Sister of the Year
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levisgrammy Posted - Aug 18 2016 : 09:45:37 AM
Hoping the weatherman is right on the temps in the 80's next week. I am so done with Summer heat.

Sara, that's sound so cute. A touch of fall here and there!

~Denise~
Farmgirl Sister #43

"Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path." Psalm 119:105

http://www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com/
http://www.torisgram.etsy.com
YellowRose Posted - Aug 18 2016 : 09:21:59 AM
I didn't join in on Beth's fall cardboard pocket swap but I did make one. It now hangs on my china cabinet door. I love it. I used scrapes of fall color fabric stuffed with bittersweet. Little by little I am decorating for fall.

Sara~~~ FarmGirl Sister #6034 8/25/14
FarmGirl of the Month Sept 2015.

Lord put your arm around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth.
ceejay48 Posted - Aug 18 2016 : 09:05:53 AM
Denise,
I'm with you on the COOLER temps! This summer has been a hot one . . way too hot for Colorado!
CJ

..from the barefoot farmgirl in SW Colorado...sister chick #665.
2010 Farmgirl Sister of the Year
Mother Hen: FARMGIRLS SOUTHWEST HENHOUSE

my aprons - http://www.facebook.com/FarmFreshAprons

living life - www.snippetscja.blogspot.com

from my heart - www.fromacelticheart.blogspot.com

from my hubby - www.aspenforge.blogspot.com
levisgrammy Posted - Aug 12 2016 : 06:40:21 AM
Well, I have to agree with you Jess on the older I get the more I love autumn. The colors, smells, COOLER temps. And you know me, I'd decorate with fall year round.
Winnie, I love your bowl full of autumn!!
Judy, that is such a pretty picture!

~Denise~
Farmgirl Sister #43

"Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path." Psalm 119:105

http://www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com/
http://www.torisgram.etsy.com
Bear5 Posted - Aug 10 2016 : 11:27:12 AM
Such beautiful colors in the Vermont village. I can't wait for the fall!!!!!
Marly

"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross
ceejay48 Posted - Aug 05 2016 : 2:43:54 PM
That is beautiful, Winnie! I hope we hang onto summer a little longer, but without the brutal heat we've been having. I also hope our fall is cool, not too wet, but not too dry either! Don't want much do I?
CJ

..from the barefoot farmgirl in SW Colorado...sister chick #665.
2010 Farmgirl Sister of the Year
Mother Hen: FARMGIRLS SOUTHWEST HENHOUSE

my aprons - http://www.facebook.com/FarmFreshAprons

living life - www.snippetscja.blogspot.com

from my heart - www.fromacelticheart.blogspot.com

from my hubby - www.aspenforge.blogspot.com
wildflower17 Posted - Aug 01 2016 : 6:02:36 PM

Beautiful picture Winnie...Thanks for sharing~~~

Hugs!

Judy

"Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened"...

"Country Girl at Heart...Blessed Beyond Measure"!!!

Farm Girl #5440
Farm Girl of The Month September 2013
Red Tractor Girl Posted - Aug 01 2016 : 4:37:43 PM


How about this lovely village in Vermont? It just reminds me of the beauty that is coming soon to those who live up north!

Winnie #3109
Red Tractor Girl
Farm Sister of the Year 2014-2015
wildflower17 Posted - Aug 01 2016 : 09:06:21 AM

Jamie...The heat is bad everywhere this year!!! I too am looking forward to Fall...I have lots of Fall decorations just waiting to get outside the box!! LOL

Hugs!

Judy

"Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened"...

"Country Girl at Heart...Blessed Beyond Measure"!!!

Farm Girl #5440
Farm Girl of The Month September 2013
AuntJamelle Posted - Jul 26 2016 : 12:26:21 PM
I can't WAIT for fall! This heat is killing me!

I've been soothing my itch to decorate for fall by creating decor items that I'll put out this year!

Got one wreath and one candle mat done with supplies for 2 more wreaths lined up - except for orange burlap - still need to find that!
lovinRchickens Posted - Jul 21 2016 : 08:47:32 AM
Winnie... I love your decorations! How cool and calming they look to me.

Farmgirl #5111
Farmgirl of the month October 2014
Blessings
~Kelly~
wildflower17 Posted - Jul 20 2016 : 7:48:42 PM

I am looking forward to Fall also...I love decorating with all the beautiful colors...

Hugs!

Judy

"Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened"...

"Country Girl at Heart...Blessed Beyond Measure"!!!

Farm Girl #5440
Farm Girl of The Month September 2013
Bear5 Posted - Jul 20 2016 : 1:29:35 PM
Such beautiful fall colors in those pictures. I cannot wait for fall!
Marly

"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross
ceejay48 Posted - Jul 20 2016 : 07:30:48 AM
Dawn and Winnie,
Has been very HOT here as well. We don't have the humidity for which I'm thankful, but anything over 85 for this high, dry climate is HOT, not normal and, as you say, "soul-sucking".
We did get cooler temps and some rain the weekend of July 4th but that lasted onlyabout 3 days. The last two evenings we've had some thundershowers, which brings some rain and cooler temps. It also brings wind, thunder and lightning which has caused lightning strike fires. We are now under fire ban again.
I'm thankful we don't live in hurricane country!
CJ

..from the barefoot farmgirl in SW Colorado...sister chick #665.
2010 Farmgirl Sister of the Year
Mother Hen: FARMGIRLS SOUTHWEST HENHOUSE

my aprons - http://www.facebook.com/FarmFreshAprons

living life - www.snippetscja.blogspot.com

from my heart - www.fromacelticheart.blogspot.com

from my hubby - www.aspenforge.blogspot.com
Red Tractor Girl Posted - Jul 20 2016 : 05:06:39 AM
Dawn, I sure appreciate the feeling of a soul-sucking hotter than usual summer this year! It seems we have been in the same dilemma in Florida. Most of July has been record heat which is different for us. Of course we are hot and humid down here in the South, but normally we don't have weeks of upper 90s with no rain as has happened a few times. While we won't see much chance of cooler drier days until sometime in October, I am hoping this hot summer is not a predictor of a long and scary hurricane season! The waters off the city of Cedar Key , on the Gulf of Mexico, are registering 88 degrees at the moment! This heat is not only awful for us humans, but it is life changing for the fragile ecosystems down here.

Winnie #3109
Red Tractor Girl
Farm Sister of the Year 2014-2015

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