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A Stroll with Scout (and me)

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Would you like to take a walk with Scout and me? It won’t be taxing. Just a quick trip around the property. It’s a lovely day and the sun is shining. (At least on Thursday when I took these photos! Friday’s forecast is rain.)

The hydrangeas, zinnias, pokeweed and sedum are really hanging in there. That second photo is of my cosmos. I planted all sorts of cosmos seeds and only one came up and it’s just now blooming! Such a nice autumn surprise! (Note to zinnias, sunflowers, bean vines and cosmos: I promise to plant you earlier next year.)

As Scout is well over 13 now, we find these walks around the yard are the best thing for her – not too taxing but full of scents and sights and a sense of adventure. We try to do this with her every day. We’re lucky that we have almost 2 acres here for her to explore. We stay out of our woods, though. Too many ticks for both humans and dogs.

I had 4 inches chopped off of my too-long hair yesterday. Feels so much better.

It’s my dad’s 89th birthday today. Happy Birthday, Dad!

Don’t forget that I have two giveaways going on. One is for a copy of The Unfinished Garden from my book review earlier this week and the other for velvet pumpkins from LoveFeast Table. The book giveaway ends tonight. The other giveaway ends on Saturday evening. Just scroll down and you’ll see the posts.

I’ll be back later at 8:00 EST with A Favorite Thing. Please join me!

Happy Friday.

LoveFeast Table Velvet Pumpkin Giveaway

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I have an exciting giveaway for you today. I’m sure you’ve seen these gorgeous velvet pumpkins as you’ve been out and about in blogland. I sure have.

Chris Ann and Kristin are two friends who now live several states apart. They started LoveFeast Table as a way to “curate beauty for all those who would gather around this table.” Their site is chock full of interesting and helpful tips and their shop The LoveFeast Shop carries hand-crafted and artistic items, including these velvet pumpkins. They also give back to those in need with The Kitchen Project that is helping build a Children’s Home and Community Center in Mexico, and the Traveling Cookbook, a project to raise awareness and funds for a Mobile Pack Unit for Feed My Starving Children. The unit will provide “100,000 meals for starving children in the highest needs area of the world.” You can read all about Chris Ann and Kristin on their site.

If you visit the site, you can watch a short video in which Chris Ann and Kristin talk about their friendship and how that friendship spawned the idea for LoveFeast Table. Their plates are full – they each have children and busy lives – but they’ve created something quite wonderful together.

I love seeing women band together in a creative endeavor and one that also helps those in need. Since Brenda and I are two friends who met through blogging, we thought it would be a perfect idea for each of us to host a giveaway for these pumpkins on the same day. So make sure you head on over to Cozy Little House for another chance to enter.

Trio Set: Set of 3 – 6 inch, 5 inch and 4 inch. All of LoveFeast’s Velvet Pumpkins, Acorns and Mushrooms are meticulously hand-stitched and handcrafted out of natural organic stems and luxurious velvet fabrics. LoveFeast Shop exclusively carries the velvet colors of Sage and Mushroom.

The winner of this giveaway will be able to choose one of the Trio Sets from the web site. There are even more possibilities than the four trios I chose to show you today! (You know, of course, what trio I would choose for myself. Hint: Turquoise.)

To be entered: Just leave a comment on this post telling me where in your home you might display these pumpkins. The winner will be chosen by the Random Number Generator on Saturday night and announced on Sunday.

Happy Thursday.

Mabel and the Table

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I have two posts up today. If you’re interested in my book review, just scroll down one post. I’m giving away one of my copies.

I played with the table and Mabel (the Featherweight) yesterday afternoon.

Mabel/table – a nice little rhyme.

My intention is to have a place to display her. If I have a big project going, it will likely end up on the kitchen table, which has a lot of surface space.

I added these. I used glue dots, so I can easily remove them if I look at them one day and think they are too cutesie. And that might be today. They are sort of a signature look for me. What do you think?

I’ll leave it this way for now. Everything is subject to change, however. If I start a project and this drives me nuts, the table will go.

Thanks for all of your great suggestions – you are such a help! So many of them were good and entirely logical, but if you’ve never actually been in this hallway, it’s hard to imagine how difficult it is to maneuver. The hallway itself is fine, but with the addition of the bookcase and the cabinet and needing easy access to the bathroom, bedroom and guest room/office/study, I have to be very careful about what I add. It works now. That doesn’t mean, however, that I don’t curse at times when I’m trying to do something.

I cursed a few times yesterday.

I’m thinking it’s time for a solid color skirt around that sewing table. Hmmm. I think I have a job for Mabel.

Happy Wednesday.

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