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I can't believe it, but Halloween is almost here & October is almost over. How time flies when you keep yourself busy, busy, busy.

Today, Ryan and I were going to rake and bag our leaves, and then give the yard it's final mow. Sometime during the raking, I had ulterior motives to sneak off and prepare my flower gardens for their long sleep through winter. Then, I was going to build a "witch-crow" in the middle of my veggie garden...I have been so excited all week for this day....but, the day today was not having it....as it has been raining all day and Ryan is sick....

... so instead, I spent the day puttering around the house cleaning, organizing, and decorating for Halloween.

These are wall decals. They are sticky like stickers, but peel right off of the wall. You can't really tell in this picture, but the orange is all glitter... these are really neat!

Last month I got the Owl that's in the picture above. He is around 10" tall and is covered in black glitter. He is really cool...you can't actually see how cool he is in this picture, but he is really cool...(...and sparkly...)
I hung orange lights on the mirror behind him, so my little foyer glows and sparkles all at the same time!

Here is the Witch hanging on my front door. She is waiting for the rain to stop...(we all know what water will do to a witch...)

And, even though Thanksgiving was two weeks ago, here is a photo of the best Turkey that I have ever cooked! It was P-E-R-F-E-C-T-!

And, I promise that I will be back next weekend with pics of Ryan and I all dressed up for Halloween....as well as our three little babies....

Just some stuff....

I have so much fresh rosemary, sage, chives, oregano and thyme right now in my herb garden that I figured it a sin to let all that goodness go to waste....especially when the only time that I really cook with those herbs is during the fall and winter. So, I decided to make myself a window herb garden. I think I'm going to have to add a few more pots to the collection. Right now I have 6 pots, 2 rosemary, 1 thyme, 2 sage, & 1 oregano. I think I need one more for chives and another thyme because tyme is just so damn pretty to look at...

Last weekend I went to the first Christmas craft fair of the season. I got many cute little things, most of which are all tucked away, waiting for the proper time to come out and cheer up the house.

I got this handmade crow mat....Which I love!!!

I love crows so much...and this is the cutest little hand-stitched crow mat in the whole world. It is made out of wool. The vendor also had little matching chair toppers (half rounds), which I didn't get...but wish to god that I did. So, I am now on an obsessive mission to go to all craft fairs within the valley and find them.

...at least I didn't chintz out on this matching candle jar cover...which makes me happy.
(You can see my newly established herb garden sitting in the back window.)

I'll post some pics of the other stuff that I got at the craft fair as they come out of hiding.

BORSCH...

If you ever were curious of what Heaven would taste like...this is it! I have no idea how beets, carrot, turnip, and cabbage can taste so magnificent, but somehow it does.

This spring, I planted a borsch friendly garden...aka, lots of beets and lots of dill. Sadly, my lots of dill overshadowed my lots of beets....and I think that I will be lucky if I get another pot with the beets from my garden.




But, there is nothing better in the world than a fresh loaf of Rye, a block of Havarti, and a steaming bowl of borsch with sour cream and fresh dill....

(sausage and perogies were good, but their main purpose was to make the meal a manly meal for Ryan...)

Happy Birthday Marika!!!!

I hope you are having a wonderful day!

...if I was closer, I'd take you out for some best ever birthday drinks....however, mine would not be a martini...

talk soon...

October marks the official start of Fall decorating for me. Tomorrow I'll pull out my box of wonderful decorations from the basement and get to it!

I did these 'pumpkin nests' in my urns last weekend. It felt like such a waste to pull out all the perfectly good flowers in them--but I just couldn't wait any longer for them to die. They usually stay pretty till long after Thanksgiving being that they're on a covered porch.



I got some really pretty iron hanging baskets today for the front porch. They are cone shaped, and lined with coco-husk matting. I'm planning on doing them up with pumpkins and gourds and Indian corn this weekend when I finish decorating the outside of my house. I'll be sure to post a picture.


I hope you all get an apple pie this weekend! I'm going to make sure that I do...