The Sourwoods are turning red.  And they are still holding onto their seed pods.  So pretty!!!

 

This picture is a bit deceptive.  This tree is about 20 feet tall, and I'm taking the picture from above, looking down on it.  But the color is great, and you can see the seed pods so well.

 

HAPPY FALL!!!

 

I told you about Momma and Nanny and BeeBee peeling apples by hand, under the apple tree in the backyard.

 

Well, Momma gave me an apple peeler.  See that contraption on the counter?  It is fabulous for peeling and coring LOTS of apples. Then all you have to do is clean them up a bit and chop or slice for your apple projects.

 

This was our last day of making applesauce.  We canned 17 pints.   

 

WE ARE SO RICH!!!

 

Jim and Roxanne have made sure that NO crows will hit their garden this fall.  Their scarecrow display is great.  Makes me smile every time I walk by it.

 

So cheerful!!!

 

HAPPY FALL Y'ALL!!!

 

We saw this Jimsonweed in the park last week.  In this picture you can see two flowers and several seed pods.  I collected some seeds to plant in my wild garden.  

 

I love seeing this plant in the wild.  It reminds me of that Georgia O'Keeffe painting.  She painted it in 1932, and in 2014 it sold for 44.4 million dollars!!!  

 

If you'd like to read more about Jimsonweed, you can search the archives for October, 2017.  I wrote about it then.  Actually, it is the same plant, just three years later.  

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!

 

This is what we see when we walk up the driveway to get in the truck.  And it is just getting started!!!  I love looking UP!!!  

 

HAPPY FALL Y'ALL!!!

 

Same church parking lot as the red maples and ginkgoes. The beautyberry is beautiful too.  The birds and other critters have eaten most of the berries, but the bushes are so big, there are still lots of pretty branches, like this one.  

 

Isn't that color amazing!!!  I love it!!!  

 

When Julie and I were little we had very orange red hair.  Momma never made us any pink or red or purple clothes.  We always got blue and green.  So, now that I'm old enough to choose my own clothes, I choose pink and purple and this gorgeous magenta every chance I get.  It makes me so happy!

 

Be sure to check out the Beautyberry bushes when you go to the church to see the trees showing their fall color.  

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!

 

Hey Everybody!!!  Fall is happening right in front of us!!!

 

We went through the church parking lot last week, looking for autumn pictures.  I knew the trees would be getting started.  There are a couple Ginkgo trees and lots of Red Maples. The Ginkgoes haven't really started changing yet, but the Maple trees have, and they are beautiful.  I'll get back to you on the Ginkgoes. 

 

This is only part of the picture.  There are about 20 Maple trees in this parking lot, and they are all changing!!!

 

It is worth a trip to Blairsville, to the Methodist church parking lot, just to see these beautiful trees.  They are magnificent!!!

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!

 

 

I learned that the Isabella is the most common Tiger Moth in North America.  And that the legend of the weather predictor is just that...a legend.  It says that if there is more black than brown it will be a harsh winter.  And if there is more brown than black, the winter will be mild.  Sounds like a groundhog story.  

 

Anyway, this looks like more brown than black, verifying other predictors of this coming winter.  Let me see if I can find a picture of an Isabella Tiger Moth adult.....Be right back.  

 

 

That didn't take too long.  You still here?  It was worth it, wasn't it?  Cool!!!!

 

HAPPY MILD WINTER TO COME!!!

 

OK...Lately, I have had several friends ask how to make a comment on the blog.  

 

Up until yesterday, it was only possible to comment if you were logged into the website.  Which is fine for Five Forks residents, because you all have a login password.  However, visitors to the site can read the blog, but weren't able to login and comment.  Well, I changed that.  You can now add a comment without being logged in.  Comments will be monitored by the blogs' author, and then made public if appropriate.  Sometimes the comments may just be a personal note between the reader and the author, not for everybody to see.  Sometimes they may be great to publicize because the reader may not be the only one with that thought.  

 

So let's see how it goes.  I love it when you respond to my blog posts.  It lets me know you're reading them.

 

HAPPY FALL Y'ALL!!!

 

 

 

Years ago, one of my yoga friends gave me a camel hair coat with fur collar, that belonged to her mother.  She knows that I love to sew, so she thought maybe I could use the fabric for something, like my dolls.  The wool was good, the satin lining was in good shape too, and the fur collar was beautiful.  

 

Another friend of mine used the fabric from one of Momma's dresses and made a bear, a memory bear.  

 

So I got out Cathy's Momma's coat and made her a memory bear.  She looked so chic in her fur collar, that I had to give her pearls for her neck and ears.

 

I just loved this bear;  she came out great, especially for my first attempt.  Since then, I've made quite a few more, all with my special touch:  jewels.  

 

HAPPY CRAFTING!!!