OUR PORCHES

Oh My Gosh Man

how do I 

LOVE 

a festive porch

and possibly my favorite festive porch is the autumn porch

we are surrounded in our little farming community with

crops and crops and crops of 

MAIZE

that we take our machete and chop

they only need an old dairy bucket and some yellow mums to go with

but you know me...I can't stop there

oh no

nope

gotta have a bit of fun and spookiness!

and can you just not get enough of mums?

and pumpkins?

this year I found some seeds from Mike in a drawer

they must have been 20 years old

but they worked!

this is my first punkin' crop

you know who I miss?

I miss so badly my old friend

Ray...and his 1960ish chevy pickup

filled to the brim with pumpkins

gosh I miss him and think of him often every October

he would have loved to have sold me pumpkins for 822

I think I was his best customer!

makes me want to buy a turquoise truck and sell pumpkins!

last year I tied some corn and maize to my porch posts

but this year

(thank you Loi)

I have added 

myrtle topiaries

which reminds me

do you bring your plants in for the winter?

I admit I am not only a cheapskate

but I love the challenge of keeping them alive all year

like this one...I cannot bear to think of this lovely freezing

seriously...do the harsh cold winds hurt your heart?

you know why?

and between the beginning and 

a small mishap

life unfolds on our porches

scary

better!

my next favorite thing is a festive window box

ok...I tend to get distracted