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Across the Fence:  Have You Decorated for Fall Yet?  |
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HeathersHeartfeltStitches
True Blue Farmgirl
440 Posts
Heather
Lancaster
OH
USA
440 Posts |
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bohemiangel
True Blue Farmgirl
2087 Posts
Bridget
Ligonier
pa
USA
2087 Posts |
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Back Home Again
True Blue Farmgirl
584 Posts
Audrey
Albuquerque
New Mexico
USA
584 Posts |
 Posted - Sep 02 2008 : 11:51:52 AM
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Oh My Gosh Heather....NM is still HOT HOT HOT out! I find I can't start really thinking about Autumn till the air Chills a bit! Usually late next month things start cooling down here!
Until Later,
Audrey
~ Side by side or miles apart....dear friends are always close to the heart ~ |
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Lainey
True Blue Farmgirl
2401 Posts
Elaine
Waco
Kentucky
USA
2401 Posts |
Posted - Sep 02 2008 : 11:54:40 AM
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I've got a few things out inside the house, but I'm going to really get going on the decorating this weekend. My inlaws are coming in the weekend after next and I want to have everything done. I have seen a house or two near me that have put out their outside decorations and I can hardly wait to get mine out too. A few leaves are changing here as well.
Farmgirl Sister #25
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Prairie Princess
True Blue Farmgirl
1075 Posts
Jodi
Washington
USA
1075 Posts |
Posted - Sep 02 2008 : 12:28:17 PM
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I can't wait to decorate for fall!! I have to stop myself from filling up the shopping cart with fall decor everytime I go to the store...I won't be decorating until the last week of this month, most likely. It's really starting to cool off here, but it still has a bit to go before it feels like fall to me. I think the days have to get a wee bit shorter first. :)
~Jodi
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katie-ell
True Blue Farmgirl
1818 Posts
Katie
Illinois
1818 Posts |
Posted - Sep 02 2008 : 1:24:23 PM
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I think it IS ALMOST time to decorate for fall here -- but not for Halloween! Yup, a house in our neighborhood is already bedecked (on the lawn) with cheapie halloween decorations. Bah, humbug! tee hee
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laluna
True Blue Farmgirl
295 Posts
New York
USA
295 Posts |
Posted - Sep 02 2008 : 5:24:28 PM
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Ah, I'd love to, as it's actually my favorite, though too-short here, season. However, it's 85 and sunny today, and will be 85 and sunny tomorrow, with some cooling rains (remnants of the hurricanes and tropical storms) over the weekend, but still...I usually wait until the very end of September or even into the first weekend of October. And often it's just because I've started back to work (teaching) in September and just don't have enough time for that until I get settled back into my routine. Have fun decorating, those who are...I'll be joining you in a few weeks! 
"I believe in God, only I spell it Nature." -- Frank Lloyd Wright |
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Sitnalta
True Blue Farmgirl
4208 Posts
Jessica
NJ
USA
4208 Posts |
Posted - Sep 02 2008 : 7:28:03 PM
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Wow! It's still feels like summer here. I haven't even thought about fall yet. I do miss the north for that, but I just hate being cold. I like decorating in Sunflowers and apples for the fall.:) hugs Jess
Farmgirl Sister #235
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
Posted - Sep 02 2008 : 7:34:05 PM
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it's still too HOT here to feel like autumn yet either. gonna' wait until i return from toledo mid-september .. then .. i'm gonna' decorate .. hot or not! want it looking 'autumunal' when the gurlfrenz get here in october!
i'll do indian corn and corn stalks and hay bales and mums and other fall flowers .. cathy cobblestone is settin' aside bunches for me!
my fav time of the year to decorate for! xo
True Friends * KENTUCKY FRANNIE
adopt a 'rag-chile'
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Janneane Hazlip
True Blue Farmgirl
67 Posts
Janneane
Fort Scott
Kansas
USA
67 Posts |
Posted - Sep 02 2008 : 7:55:27 PM
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This is my first post to MJF though I have been a reader for quite a while so hope I don't commit a huge fauxpas! Though it is warm here in Kansas, I didn't even try to resist fall decorating as soon as the kids went back to school in mid August. I have 10 or so fall quilts just crying to escape from cedar chests and are now displayed all over the house. Love reading your posts and ideas!!!
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Back Home Again
True Blue Farmgirl
584 Posts
Audrey
Albuquerque
New Mexico
USA
584 Posts |
Posted - Sep 02 2008 : 10:36:24 PM
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Janneane....Please do not ever worry about commiting fauxpaus! Goodness knows we wouldn't be human if by some chance we were fauxpaus free!!! Ha!
Do you make quilts? I love to sew but I have never had the patience to make a quilt. I so admire those that do and would love to see some of yours if you do make some! I am glad you are diving in with the rest of us and posting!!
Until Later,
Audrey
~ Side by side or miles apart....dear friends are always close to the heart ~ |
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lilwing
True Blue Farmgirl
1403 Posts
Brooke
Fulshear
Texas
USA
1403 Posts |
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JessieMae
True Blue Farmgirl
702 Posts
Jessie
Raleigh
North Carolina
USA
702 Posts |
Posted - Sep 03 2008 : 2:58:54 PM
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Even though it's 85 degrees here today, I took down my summer decorations and went ahead and put my fall stuff up. This picture shows my fireplace mantle. Most of this will stay up until after Thanksgiving, but I'll add some "Halloweenie" things in October!
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Janneane Hazlip
True Blue Farmgirl
67 Posts
Janneane
Fort Scott
Kansas
USA
67 Posts |
Posted - Sep 04 2008 : 09:17:25 AM
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Audrey, yes I do make quilts and would love to share pictures but I will have to get my teen age son to show me how to do that as I am electronic pigmy. Most of the quilts I make are not full size. I am more into the throw size which are easier to handle for hand quilting. I have a bunch of full-queen size that my mother made. What a blessing to have them to remind me of her now that she is gone! It's cool and rainy here today, and should I ever finish cleaning the bathroom (UG!!) I may get to do some quilting. A great day to all!!
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catscharm74
True Blue Farmgirl
4687 Posts
Heather
Texas
USA
4687 Posts |
Posted - Sep 04 2008 : 09:23:40 AM
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It's still hot here. I don't even think they put out pumpkins here until the end of September. I will be buying some for the front and one to carve with Charlie.
Heather
Yee-Haw, I am a cowgirl!!!
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Back Home Again
True Blue Farmgirl
584 Posts
Audrey
Albuquerque
New Mexico
USA
584 Posts |
Posted - Sep 04 2008 : 09:45:55 AM
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Jessie!!!! You are not going to BELIEVE this cause I almost got myself jumping off my computer chair!!!! >>>>> When I saw the picture of your living room!!! It looks EXACTLY like the living room in our house we lived in before the one we live in now REALLY!!!! Oh MY GOSH! I am gonna have to dig up some of our ole pictures so you will see what I mean!!! We LOVED our ole house!!! It was built in 1932 (will check with hubby later to be sure of the date on that). We moved cause we built the one we live in now 21 years ago. Ours had .....
The exact same windows placed in the exact same place and the exact same shape and looks like the exact same size..... with the fireplace in the exact same place and the exact same bookcases next to the fireplace!!!!!!!! OH LORDY this is AMAZING! I REALLY had to take a second and third and fourth look CAUSE I was thinking I was looking at a picture I must have put up Ha!!!! I will get to my albums later and try to take a photo of one of my photos!!!!!! I'll send you an email to show ya what I mean!!! How Fun! When was your house built?
Until Later,
Audrey
~ Side by side or miles apart....dear friends are always close to the heart ~ |
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Back Home Again
True Blue Farmgirl
584 Posts
Audrey
Albuquerque
New Mexico
USA
584 Posts |
Posted - Sep 04 2008 : 10:30:45 AM
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Janneane....I Do So relate to how you feel about having quilts made by your Mother....My Dear Mother was a Knitting EXPERT EXTROIDINAIRE and I have some of the wonderful things she made and cherish them!! I do knit, but mine are easy things!! :)
Until Later,
Audrey
~ Side by side or miles apart....dear friends are always close to the heart ~ |
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JessieMae
True Blue Farmgirl
702 Posts
Jessie
Raleigh
North Carolina
USA
702 Posts |
Posted - Sep 04 2008 : 10:35:50 AM
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countrygal56
True Blue Farmgirl
221 Posts
Barbara
Dickson
Tennessee
USA
221 Posts |
Posted - Sep 04 2008 : 11:01:30 AM
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Jessie, your living room looks like the livingroom of a house I rented years ago in Oregon. The fireplace, wall units and windows are exactly the same. Odd that two different people have or had a livingroom like yours. Odd, huh?
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HeathersHeartfeltStitches
True Blue Farmgirl
440 Posts
Heather
Lancaster
OH
USA
440 Posts |
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vintagetag
Farmgirl in Training
22 Posts
Linda
Cheyenne
WY
USA
22 Posts |
Posted - Sep 04 2008 : 5:25:43 PM
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I couldn't hold off any longer and my fall decorating started yesterday. My excuse - not that I really needed on - our temps here have been in the mid 60's, with the mornings at 35. Next week we are to be back up in the mid 70's - but I love the colors of fall! So far, I've only done the dining room. I put together an arrangement for the table using a small crock pot, pumpkin scented candle, some nuts and fall colored leaves. I'm still learning the "art" of making floral arrangements but it doesn't look to bad. I have a 'side-board' style cabinet in my dining room which has a very rustic red wood tool caddy that I picked up at a yard sale sitting on top (you know the kind that has a handle with open bins for nails and screws and an open area below to put your tools in). I decorate this with the seasons or holidays. During Christmas, the bins are resting places for some angels and beneath is filled with greenery. The fall look is mini pumpkins, gourds, mums, fall leaves and a few candles. The rest of the house will get worked on in the next couple of days.
Linda
Cheyenne, WY
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Back Home Again
True Blue Farmgirl
584 Posts
Audrey
Albuquerque
New Mexico
USA
584 Posts |
Posted - Sep 04 2008 : 5:44:22 PM
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Heather I checked your blog and it was so nice to see your Autumn decorations! Really liked the Back Door Wreath!
Jessica and Barbara.....actually...it is interesting that three of us all had the same Wall set up and we are all here on the same Forum!! I do know that during the 1920s-1940s there were many house/room plans that could be ordered through the mail either to a builder or just anyone who wanted them. They were very popular! Sears was one that offered house plans through mail order even earlier.... like late 1900's! Soooo guess we lived in houses that were part of that time!!! Very Coincidental!!!
Until Later,
Audrey
~ Side by side or miles apart....dear friends are always close to the heart ~ |
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Back Home Again
True Blue Farmgirl
584 Posts
Audrey
Albuquerque
New Mexico
USA
584 Posts |
Posted - Sep 04 2008 : 5:50:02 PM
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Oppps....meant Sears had them as early as late 1800's!!! not late 1900's!
Until Later,
Audrey
~ Side by side or miles apart....dear friends are always close to the heart ~ |
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SusieQue
True Blue Farmgirl
603 Posts
Susie
Greenville
Ga
Georgia
603 Posts |
Posted - Sep 04 2008 : 6:19:46 PM
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Heather I checked your blog also and I loved it. Very pretty autumn decorations!
"A mother is someone you never outgrow your need for"
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downbranchroad
True Blue Farmgirl
374 Posts
Joy
Southern
KY
USA
374 Posts |
Posted - Sep 04 2008 : 6:58:22 PM
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Heather,
I cked your blog. Very pretty! I sure wish I had mine out. But, gosh I have got to clean some first. I dont know how I get so far behind. I am sure glad that I have my job because I have to work but what I wouldnt give to be a stay at home wife. I am praying that I stay healthy and can do that in 10 more years. I will really decorate then!
Appalachian Girl
Jem
*If you always do what you have always done, you will always get what you have always got.
My new blog!
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