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| Nancy Gartenman |
Posted - Sep 04 2007 : 10:06:47 AM
Put out a few fall things this morning, so I have a fall front porch and a summer back deck, whatever mood hits ya. I still need to get a few more mums, some dried flowers and some gourds, then a pumpkin or two a little later on.
I didn't used to put anything Fall up until October but we can get a freeze in mid October so that is not much time. So I decided it will be fall here from Sept to Thanksgiving.
Nancy Jo
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Posted - Sep 05 2007 : 12:08:16 PM
Thanks Debra for the link to SDquarterly...recipes look great...makes me yearn for FALL! Congrats on your new abode!
I am putting off the Fall decor in my home until it is offically cooled off outside. Which should be tomorrow for us here in No. Idaho.
It is suppossed to get up to 81 degrees this late afternoon. Then cooling off the rest of the week. I hope that is it!
I love the way my fireplace looks now (this is where the bulk of my fall decor goes), so not in a big hurry to change it, but I am in a big hurry for the cooler weather, for sure.
Pamela
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| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Sep 05 2007 : 07:56:24 AM
a little internet info on 'tussie mussies' ...
Tussie-mussies: "Talking Bouquets"
"talking bouquets" give new meaning to the popular phrase, "Say it with flowers." A tussie-mussie or word posey is a small circular nosegay of flowers and herbs, tightly gathered and designed to carry a special message in the language of flowers. The traditional tussie-mussie is composed of fragrant herbs surrounding one central flower, a rose.
The language of flowers spans the world of the ancients from Greece and Turkey to the Aztecs of South and Central America.
In England during Elizabethan times, judges carried tussie-mussies into their courtrooms to protect against "gaol fever." Today judges at England's highest court, the Old Bailey, celebrate this tradition by carrying a tussie-mussie into court six times a year. During the Victorian era tussie-mussies were carried close to the nose to ward off the stench in the streets and the plague and were composed primarily of scented herbs such as rosemary, thyme, and rue. The age-old custom of strewing pungent herbs on the floors of homes was thought to protect the gentlefolk from germs and provide herbal fragrances - early aromatherapy.
The Victorians also turned flower giving into an art. It was common practice at the beginning of a courtship for suitors to give their intended a tussie-musssie. Floriography, the art of sending messages by flowers, brought a new dimension to tussie-mussies. Dozens of floral dictionaries were published listing the meanings of each flower and herb. The symbolic meanings were adapted from classical mythology, religious symbolism, ancient lore, and a bit of creativity on the part of the floral designer. The study of botany and the discovery of new plants from all over the world brought new and exciting ideas to this language of flowers.
Making a tussie-mussie involves the delightful task of arranging individual flowers and herbs together to compose a specific message to a friend or loved one. You may approach this by either gathering plant materials from your garden, country road, florist or grocery store, or figure out what you what to convey and determine which flowers will carry your message. Materials needed are a central flower, filler flowers and herbs such as lavender, baby's breath, artemesia, rosemary, ivy, mint, and violets. Large leaves for framing the outside of your bouquet might include lamb's ears, scented rose geranium leaves, hosta or violet leaves. You will also need floral tape, scissors, a paper or lace doily, thin ribbon, and a small gift card to list the flowers and herbs and their meanings.
Strip the lower leaves from the stems and use a rubber band or floral tape to bind your bouquet together. The tussie-mussie should be no larger than six inches in diameter. Wrap the nosegay in damp moss or a square of paper toweling covered with foil or floral tape. You may want to secure with small pins. Place your bouquet in a paper doily - clipped with an "X" in the center - or lace collar cone and "lover's knot" and tie a card to the ribbon conveying the message.
True Friends, Frannie
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| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Sep 05 2007 : 07:51:54 AM
i can hardly wait to start decorating autumn .. my fav season! i noticed our local 'pumpkin farm' jus' opened for business .. but have decided to wait until i return from OHIO (September 17 .. to decorate) .. tooooo bizzy until then! i did get some 'autumn green paint' to re-paint the window boxes .. will fill them with pumpkins, gourds, dried wheat for the season. it has been so hot here i'm wondering how many pumpkins actually 'hatched' in this area of the country! i will buy lotsa' deep shade mums (golds/oranges and burgundy) .. will buy some 'pinks' for daughter, wednesday up in toledo .. cuz' her garden is pinky.
will make some new 'covers' for the porch pillows in autun shades .. and put corn stalks here and there. can hardly wait!
p.s. LOVE the olde spoons on your blog! i collect those too! and love deena's 'tussie mussie'
True Friends, Frannie
FREEDOM VALLEY FARM
KENTUCKY
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| Maryjane Lee |
Posted - Sep 04 2007 : 8:56:27 PM
Hi Nancy Jo! Love the beginning of your Fall decorations! So nice! Love your flowers!!! It is still to HOT to even think Fall here! Good for you!
Hugs, Maryjane Lee
The Beehive Cottage~est. 1971
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| joyfulmama |
Posted - Sep 04 2007 : 4:30:54 PM
still hot here.. supposed to be cooler tomorrow.. I am soooo looking forward to cooler weather.
Blessings, Debra
Psalms 23:1 "The Lord is my shepherd I shall not want."
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| mima |
Posted - Sep 04 2007 : 4:25:41 PM
It was really hot here the last few days, but right now the wind is beginning to kick up- feels like early fall! love it!!!!! |
| joyfulmama |
Posted - Sep 04 2007 : 4:17:03 PM
well they are just lovely.. I have a red gingham chicken scratch apron that I love..
Blessings, Debra
Psalms 23:1 "The Lord is my shepherd I shall not want."
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| Nancy Gartenman |
Posted - Sep 04 2007 : 3:18:15 PM
My sister in laws Mother made that one, and the red one. They were big in the fifty's.
NANCY JO
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| joyfulmama |
Posted - Sep 04 2007 : 2:23:27 PM
the green gingham half apron is just lovely!!
Blessings, Debra
Psalms 23:1 "The Lord is my shepherd I shall not want."
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| Nancy Gartenman |
Posted - Sep 04 2007 : 2:15:18 PM
THANK YOU DEBRA.
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| joyfulmama |
Posted - Sep 04 2007 : 2:02:59 PM
Nancy Jo I enjoyed browsing your blog.. all looks so pretty and inviting.
Blessings, Debra
Psalms 23:1 "The Lord is my shepherd I shall not want."
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| Nancy Gartenman |
Posted - Sep 04 2007 : 12:44:58 PM
Hi Sue,
Yes I posted a few, will post more in a few days, need to get some gourds and dried flowers and what not yet. Wanted to really over do it this year. In the past I haven't been that big on the fall thing. Maybe its because we are having such perfect weather. The last few years we had a lot of rain.
NANCY JO
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| junebug |
Posted - Sep 04 2007 : 12:19:01 PM
Still a little warm here for that, but I can't wait!! Do you have photos up Nancy?
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| joyfulmama |
Posted - Sep 04 2007 : 10:42:52 AM
I am looking forward to decorating our new house for fall.. I have never been so excited to decorate.. this is the first house we have lived in that is new looking- not falling apart or older than dirt :-) It will showcase all of my decorations and vintage items nicely..
I found this nice little online magazine that has several fall decoration crafts and fall recipes..
You have got to check it out http://sdquarterly.com/ I am looking forward to making potato chowder and the pumpkin pancakes..
Blessings, Debra
Psalms 23:1 "The Lord is my shepherd I shall not want."
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| Marybeth |
Posted - Sep 04 2007 : 10:33:34 AM
I am doing the same thing. I will wait until later to buy some mums. They will just bloom out if the weather gets too hot. Thought with rain and weather in the 50s and 60s I guess we're not too hot. It is fun to plan for. I want everything to be orange and yellow.I have started gathering already. Like you said --no pumpkins til later. Pictures later. MB
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