November is such a pretty month!

I am really enjoying this November. Aren't the leaves so luscious this time of year?
The weather has for the most part been warm. We are only wearing light jackets or sweatshirts. A few crisp days turned the leaves their lovely colors but no nasty winds yet this year for us here in Jersey!

The grass is just such a pretty shade of green. And the trees so vibrant. Here is a shot out the back door of my daughter's house.
And the one below I am peeking through her flowers to the end of the yard.

You can see we had some bit of wind that knocked down a couple of branches, but only one day.

The skies are just incredible! November Skies! This next shot is from Atlantic city. 41st floor of Ceasar's

The Trump building was in the way of the glorious sunset. This is from the hallway. There is a reflection in the glass of the ceiling lights.
And the one bellow is the other side of the building from the room.  Some dirty window spots kind of ruin this photo.

And they are getting ready at the Casino for Christmas too!

After work today the sun was setting so pretty so I went down by the river after leaving my daughter's house to snap a pic or 2

There were little ducks enjoying a float, about 12 of them!
On my way home, ( someone's gotta make dinner for the hungry teenagers!).. I had wished I'd stayed, just a few more minutes, because the sky just got pinker after the sun went down.

I love when the sky turns pink!

November has some of the prettiest skies, don't you agree?

Thanksgiving Decorating

I thought I best get a little bit going on around the old homestead in honor of Thanksgiving, which by golly is just 1 week away. I have been inspired by so many talented women out there in blog land, but I am rarely finding the time at home to decorate peacefully ( hubbo works out of our home). And I am often too busy running to my daughters house to tend to our fabric business. But today I found a few minutes.
I started with ribbon, and leaves and wreath from the dollar store & hot glue.

I doubled up on 2 color ribbon, tied the ribbon in a simple bow.

And a simple braid.

Added a few natural elements.

And here is the final result.

So this was the start of decorating my foyer.

Now for the table below...

 I went for my old ironstone antique wash basin and vase that has a beautiful history behind it.

My mom found this in the attic of her mom's house sometime during the 1960's.

The pitcher has little shafts of wheat all around the top edge.

I stuffed it with natural elements from mother earth.

The house was a very old home in Philadelphia that had been built in the early 1900;s

 The pitcher and bowl were covered in dust when mom carried them down the rickety attic steps and when she washed them off, both the washbowl and the pitcher were in pristine condition!

Sorry to say sometime in the early 80's when my mom was watching my boys, who were very little, they got to rough housing in her house and banged into the bowl. So it suffered a huge crack in the interior. It did not go all the way through so there was never any need to apply glue or anything, but it is a visible crack, and I always have to handle with extreme care, when washing, now that it belongs to me.

I just filled it with some pumpkins

I like how they all look together.

I am liking how it all turned out in my hallway, what do you think?

Simple but  Autumnal

Vintage but Fresh

Now if I can just keep the family from throwing mail on the table, and dropping their shoes in the hall!

Everyone being grown up now, they don't listen so good!

Anyone  in bloggyland got tips on control, when they are in the 20's??

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