Someone is Peeking at you!

 

Believe me when I say that! In my house, there are "eyes" everywhere! This mister on the front porch of my sister's home greets visitors with arms wide open and a happy smile! I hope you all are enjoying this Fall seaason and are smiling just as broadly!

When I look around my home, I actually noticed that there are so many birds and wildlife watching me--albeit they are artificial! Okay, so my "real" cats watch my every move as well waiting to eat or to cuddle-- but the many birds and roosters and squirrels in my house, their bodies made of wood or resin or ceramic, all watch me too! My little friends! And I love them so much. I thought I would introduce you to some of them starting with the  little ones who watch me do the dishes--they are fascinated by the scrubbing and seem to say "Oh my! The suds!" Mr. Duck loves to watch the water rise over the plates. It's all I can do to keep him from joining in and paddling around my sink!

Above my sink in my decorative scale, a little friend has made quite a nice comfy home in the straw. Suspended above my head as I do those dishes,  it's a perfect place to see everything going on in my busy kitchen. Plus, she tells me when I've missed a spot!

Hanging from the curtain rod is a lovely green ladle and believe it or not, a little bird has made his nest in it! Isn't it cozy? Why even when I made a new display in the kitchen in my pumpkin basket, a bird made a nest! How do they get in the house to do so?  :)  Perhaps they fly in the open windows on beautiful sunny days. And then, wouldn't you know it, he invited one of his friends to build another nest hanging from the curtain rod! Oh my goodness! I guess there's room for everybody!

And now we move on to other rooms in my home --the bathroom!

Congratulations are in order for a new Mom! Above my light fixture is a nest with two darlings.

Sooo cute but oh soooo noisy!  They chirp all day and they chirp all night!

I have to admit it did take some time for me to get used to my friends in the bathroom. High above my head, two little birds who flew in one day found a comfortable spot to perch! We have a cathedral ceiling in our bathroom and these two perched themselves on the decorative molding on the base of the cathedral. They find the most amazing places! And they get plenty of sun from the skylight! Do you see them? They chatter with my friend Miss Chicken who resides on top of my medicine cabinet next to the washboard and basin. She's quite a nag about the laundry, but I love her anyway.

If I have told my children once, I have told them a hundred times--close the front door!! See, the little squirrels have come in and made their home in my parlor! One mama is even raising her family--see the babies peeking out at her?And her neighbor is another bird family. It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood!

Back to the eating area of my kitchen, there are more residents. At least this one is contributing to our egg supply! She brought along her kids to chirp, chirp, chirp....

The walls will stretch to fit us all, I'm sure! And yet more nests, more squirrels, a couple chipmunks...A man who has friends should count himself lucky! I have both two-legged and four legged, living and artificial and I love them all. 

Moving on to the family room, well my two little ducks are keeping Raggedy Anne company as she does her knitting but sometimes these two brother ducks argue with each other. You see,  our buddy on the ground wants to find a place next to Annie too but our buddy on the bench says "there's no room!" so sometimes we hear some sniping between them but it usually ends rather quickly. Besides, no one wants to disturb Mr. &  Mrs. Birdie who have just made their home in a rusty mailbox and have proclaimed it their "COTTAGE".

 Silly, I am being today ;)  but it sure was fun!

  I hope you enjoyed the introductions.

I have been busy with lots of good things--still decorating, working with my Brownie troop, cooking, Church class and crafts. I unpacked one of my favorite items for Halloween that I have--My Warren Kimble "Pumpkin Dreams" plates and mugs. I treasure these, and I only have four of each. These were bought at such a bargain several years back. I found them after Halloween at Kohls on clearance for $5 for the set of 4 plates, and $5 for the set of 4 mugs. I remember seeing them on the shelf with the big red clearance sticker and being slightly startled and then a little paranoid that someone was behind me just waiting to take them out of my hands....my imagination. They were such a steal and I love them because that black cat reminds me of MY black cat Robin. Now if only I could find the pumpkin dreams flag...

I'm excited that the temps are dropping tonight--by 25 degrees!! We are gonna be chilly here for sure, and I couldn't be happier! I have already put extra blankets on the end of Billy's and Caitlin's beds and added some throw blankets to the family room and basement family room. You never know when you need to curl up with a blanket right? My kids are big snugglers. They've both been suffering with sinus infections, and I made them some hot grits. My kids love hot cereal.  Even us Northerners like grits!

When I opened the cupboard to take out the grits, I saw the Quaker oatmeal box so I made some cookies too. Caitlin threw in some chocolate chips. She's a chocolate lover like me :)  Maybe we will make some more today.

In cool weather, I could cook all day!  I made a big pot of turkey soup on Wednesday. We gave some to a friend from Church whose daughter has been suffering with a bad cold that keeps hanging on and on.  What's better than soup? A homemade remedy!

Finally, sadly our village has been pillaged....or is this a scene from a 1950's Japanese horror movie?

Oh Dutchess, why, why WHY????  You can't live in this neighborhood!  Even the headless horseman tried to evict her by throwing a pumpkin at her but that didn't work.  Within seconds she was fast alseep on top of our candy apple covered bridge and cemetery. We did end up moving the village to safer quarters, and we neglected to send Dutchess a change of address card  :)  but as every cat owner knows, it's just a matter of time till she finds it, sleeps on it, we let her sleep, we pray she won't break anything, and we pack it up for next Halloween.   Us cat lovers are soooo easy.

I hope you have a wonderful Saturday and have time to snuggle too :)