Sunday, October 28, 2018

October Catching Up



I've just been having a delightful time now once again having terrible luck with uploading new pictures to my computer. Bottom line " I Hate Windows 10".  I never had this problem before; but it's been ongoing for two years now so since I've spent the last two hours trying to get my pictures with little to no progress I will just go with what I have.

The picture above is a huge dough bowl that I was fortunate to find this summer at the 301 endless yard sale.  I really enjoy that sale; we spend two days traveling from one end on NC to the other shopping and looking and discovering so many new things. This dough bowl is four feet long; my plan is to fill it with autumn gourds, flowers and pumpkins. I remember these being used when I was a child. The women would cook large meals for the family and farm workers and these dough bowls could make a lot of biscuits.  



 Another absolutely amazing find was this old firkin.  When I moved to Rocky Mount as a child there was a BBQ restaurant just down the road a few blocks. It was operated by Mr. Bob Melton and though it's been gone for many years it still has the reputation of having the best Eastern NC BBQ. It sat right by the river and you could dine while looking out over the Tar River. This old bucket had belonged to Bob Melton's family;  it came from the family farm and it was used to measure sugar for the sweet iced tea that all we Southerners just can't get enough of. I've brought it home and you can still smell the sugar.  



Another great find at a different sale was a group of stained glass windows from an old local church  that had been torn down many years ago. This isn't a good picture but it's the best windows 10 would let me load.



Finally I was able to down load a couple of pictures of my latest treasure. I've always wanted an old Hoosier Cabinet and here she is. She's in her temporary space in this picture and I've since done some decorating but haven't been able to get those pictures. I learned to cook standing beside my granny in front of one like this.   


I was also able to get one picture of my grand doggie Jasper on his velvet chaise lounge. No; we don't spoil them much.





And finally I want to post this amazing gift. Many years ago my stepfather ran for city council. I can't remember the year but it would have been in the 60's. When mother's house flooded during Floyd so many years ago almost all of our pictures were destroyed. A few weeks ago a dear friend stopped by my work place at lunch time. He owns and operates The Hot Dog Stand, another local landmark and also owns the building that used to be my dad's Barber Shop. He found this poster and brought it to me and I can never say how happy it made me.
I hope everyone has a wonderful week and I will be back soon. 

Friday, October 26, 2018

A Tiny Bit of Autumn

It's just a tiny bit of autumn but it has greatly improved my mood. It's a rainy, cold and blustery day here but the colors of the last harvest are soothing. It puts me in the mood for the quiet season to begin.     
                         
I have a lot planned for the weekend which includes decorating, cleaning and rearranging some things to make room for the last two cupboards that bought. I'm hoping to get it all done so I can finally post pictures next week.
                                                                       
                                I've also added a huge new dough bowl and some quilts and linens that I haven't had a chance to arrange and photograph so I'm going to make every effort to to that over this weekend. After I went back to work full time about two years ago I just have been off track and I'm felling like I just want a whole weekend to play house; like when I was a little girl and get all of my toys in order. Of course I don't have the energy that little girl had but I'm still going to play.
I hope everyone has a pleasant and fun weekend; and remember Halloween is coming. 
                                                                     

Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Autumn where are you?


A week ago I was asking this question as the days were so hot and humid. It seemed that summer was never ending.  BUT to my surprise it did end; the only problem being that it seemed to skip Autumn all together and go straight to winter.
This time of year I am all a twitter about getting the Autumn and Halloween decorations out and in place but this year there has been little decorating done at all. I started early getting  things together and even added  a wicker love seat to the porch with beautiful autumn cushions and a few pumpkins came out but it all had to go right back in because of the hurricane. So it took days to load everything inside to safety and we were extremely blessed that we only got some light rain and barely any wind at all, Other areas of N.C. were devastated and so I am feeling very blessed. However I no more than started the whole decorating the porch again thing; when another hurricane decided to fly by so I pretty much have given up on the normal autumn decorating bit. Instead I am going to do only a few things and move on to Christmas.       

                                                                           


The weather went from hot and muggy to cold so fast and I am hoping we will at least get a bit of an Indian Summer but there's nothing in sight but chilly days and cold evenings so we may not even get the lovely fall colors this year. 


I really don't mean to complain but I do love my autumn and I am missing the decorations. That doesn't keep me from enjoying the comforts of home and the cozy evenings warming by the hearth. 
That reminds me I have neglected my blog and my writing and I have some wondefulr things that I want to share with you so I will be back soon.          

Blessed Be   

Blessed Soltice

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