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| Nature's own autumn decorations (rose hips) |
November is here. The sound of leaf blowers and similar machines have been constantly in the background for weeks... Some trees have lost all of their leaves; others are still holding on to some of theirs. There was a glimpse of the sun on Sunday (Oct 31), but this week we are back to grey and foggy.
Indoors, my few "autumn decorations" have been up since the beginning of October. An old chest in my living room is the main place where I change decorations with the seasons:
The bananas are real (so not always there!) but the branches in the brown vase are artificial. I have collected a number of different ones over the years, and I change those around in different combinations every now and then. (This autumn I added a couple of new ones - the olive branch on the left, and the purple flowers to the right.)
These two little owls came with some potted plant that I either bought for myself or was given on some occasion, I don't recall when.
This bigger owl belonged to my parents. I think mum got it from my aunt on some occasion. It's made to hold a tealight inside; which when lit makes it look a bit spooky in the dark. In a friendly way, though! And that's as far I take my 'Halloween' decorations...
Passing these shelves at my supermarket earlier in the autumn I snapped a couple of photos - but did not feel tempted to buy anything!
for once i am going to say your indoor outshines the out door. i love that chest with all the beautiful things in the sunshine. happy sunshine and autumn is what it says
ReplyDeleteThanks Sandra. It's to me what your "nook" is to you - or something like that, anyway... :)
DeleteYour store shelves look like ours. I love your decorations, I can almost smell the leaves and cider.
ReplyDeleteThanks Ginny. ♥
DeleteI like your autumn deco! Although usually not a fan of artificial flowers and plants, yours look really pretty. No proper Halloween stuff for me, either; it simply is not something we have ever celebrated here until about 20 years ago, and I guess one has to grow up with such a tradition to make it one‘s own.
ReplyDeleteThanks Meike. I wouldn't say I'm generally a big fan of artificial flowers either, but in this vase (and that spot in the room) I like them. (And having variety of them and rearranging them from time to time helps to prevent them from just "collecting dust"...)
DeleteYour artificial flowers look so natural - what a lovely display they make. For some reason I've always loved ceramic owls, and made quite a few as gifts when I went to pottery classes!
ReplyDeleteThanks CG. I like owls but don't really "collect" them (except on postcards) These are my only ceramic ones. But they serve me well as autumn decorations!
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