Autumn Harvest, 2009

I am reposting this page so that I can participate with Karen in her

Doors of Welcome party at her blog

Some Days Are Diamonds

This was one of the first blogging posts I made &
I threw in all the things that I love,
flowers, gardening, decorating ~inside & out
as well as sewing!

"Domestic Dive"....yep, that's me.
Thanks for stopping by.
I hope you enjoy your visit & find something of interest.

Welcome to Autumn in Ohio!

This photo above was taken last year.

Now this year, with the addition of a storm door, a bench, a fern, a few more pumpkins & a friend!

The colors have been awesome this year!

My eyes just dance as I drive around, taking it all in.

I really missed the change of seasons when we lived in FL.

The mums are starting to open & I've brought out my autumn wreath.

Don't you just love FALL?!

This ironwork rack is great for displaying seasonal flowers.

In Spring, I have red, yellow & purple tulips in it.

Summer is usually something pink, per request of my DGD, Caroline.

Come Christmas, it will get lots of holly & pine roping & maybe a faux poinsettia or two.

Its a fun little spot to decorate right next to the doorbell, so folks can't miss it!

Speaking of missing things, looks like I need to get a hay basket liner for that stem area.....

I just noticed the wire stems poking down. How embarrassing!

I wish you could see the sparkle of the beaded items on this wreath better.

The photos don't do it justice!

Inside pictures to follow:

This WAS my coffee table arrangement of a silk leaf wreath & a grapevine pumpkin

that was a gift from some dear friends when we moved into our new house.

I recently bought this WONDERFUL cinnamon-apple-spice candle that smells just

like apple pie baking, so I've switched to this glass hurricane with amber glass pebbles

and moved the wire pumpkin up to the mantle.

This is my autumn dining room centerpiece with my new gunmetal/silver birdcage.

It picks up the scrolls of the metal & granite base beneath the glass top.

The pumpkins & grapes are beaded so they are reflecting the flash of the camera.

Sorta makes 'em look like they glow, huh?

Here are some pictures of our garden harvest.

The tomatoes below were so heavy on this vine that they are laying on the ground!

We've been eating them as fast as we can....with breakfast in omelets,

on toasted English muffins with Asiago cheese,

for lunch on every sandwich &/or salad & dinner

has been BLT's several times already.

Heirloom tomatoes that DH grew from seeds given to him by a golfing buddy.

Just look at the size of those babies!

Below is just ONE day's picking from the vegetables that hubby planted around the sides of our home!

We've already eaten tons eggplants & given away even more.

I'm going to be making spaghetti sauce, ratatouille, stuffed peppers & fried green tomatoes all month.

With the cooler temperatures

I've been enjoying some hand embroidery lately & recently completed this little bag

that was featured last May in Country Bumpkin's magazine, Inspiration.

I used the method of wash away thread in the bobbin to achieve the Madeira scallops.

Thanks for visiting & letting me share all the autumn splendor of Ohio with you!