Fall in the Foothills of the Ozarks

 

 

 

 

Tarantulas can crawl up your leg! Ask me how I know :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When the leaves from this tree fall,

 

 

the ground becomes a golden glow.

 

 

Lovely Laundering and Ironing

In the first 20 years of our marriage, I sadly never used a clothesline. In the last 13 or so, I have discovered my love of a clothesline. When we moved to the cottage, that was one of my first concerns...where to hang the clothesline. Hanging clothes outside makes them so fresh and crisp. It also helps get the stains out that didn't come out in the wash. As a fan off all things natural, I detest those store bought stain removers. I much prefer the sun. It does a great job! My dear online friend, made these clothespin aprons. They make the job much easier and prettier I might add. As you can see, there is one for me and one for each of the girls.

At the beginning of our marriage, my mother gave me her old ironing board.

I used it until just recently. My dear friend made me an ironing board cover that at least made it a little prettier. Still, it was the clunkiest thing ever. I thought about painting it turquoise and trying to make a cover for it myself. I still may try it as it has been through 3, yes THREE yard sales and has not sold! HAHA

When I finally decided I had used that thing long enough, I found this one at an antique store.

The cover I had on the old clunker fit this one perfectly.

I guess I went from vintage to antique :)

The little purple spray bottle holds my lavender water. I don't use starch. I just mist the clothes and iron. Between the fresh air and the lavender water, my laundry smells so good.

Pumpkin Carving

The girls carved their own pumpkins yesterday evening for the first time ever. Our bigs never even did that. I thought Doc B would be excited when he came home. I was wrong. I think he was sad that they did it all by themselves and didn't need him. haha

 

 

(leaves)

(hearts I think :)

Sunday Afternoon Polaris Ride

A stop at the big old pecan tree was of course a must :)

Eagle's nest

Maamaaaa!!

Now then, much better!

Back home to the cottage.

Hibiscus

Our hibiscus really took off this summer. Actually it kind of grew wild. A couple of weeks ago Doc B trimmed them so we could bring the pots in for the winter. We stuck some of the trim in a vase thinking it would last only a couple of days or so.

To our surprise it still looks just as fresh as the day we brought them in. Even more to our surprise we have a bloom and it looks like several more to come.

 

 

It looks like they are rooting.

 

Although the plants are looking very tropical, it's not feeling very tropical. We decided it's time to take the chill off.

 

{pretty, happy, funny, real}

~capturing the context of contentment in everyday life~
Linking up with Leila at Like Mother Like Daughter for {pretty, happy, funny, real}



{pretty}
I know why my son and daughter-in-law call her Peach. She's as pretty as a peach and as sweet as one too.

 

{happy}

Our son and his family were here for a few days. Our son is doing an oral surgery residency, so they don't get to come often. We have been there a few times but it has been over a year since they have been here.

Banks and the boys got to do a little squirrel hunting. They didn't seem to mind at all that it isn't deer season yet. They killed 9 and I'll have to say they were delicious!!

We all got to go to mass together :)

An added bonus, our son and daughter-in-law went on a little get away of their own for a couple of days and we got to keep the children! Talk about happy :)

The boys got to have a horseback riding lesson.

 

{sweetest}

 had to add my own to {pretty, happy, sweetest, funny, real} :)

 

 

{funny and happy}

Peach wanted me to hold her alot (the happy part :))

One morning we were going upstairs and when we got to the top I said "Whew" and then she said "Whew." haha

 

{real}

Our time went by all too fast :(