Welcome Fall!

Well, almost Fall anyway...We had a nice Summer albeit some sad events and I think I'm ready to move on. It was a strange Summer actually..my Mom continues to decline, our cat passed away ...but I'm not going to complain because we are truly blessed and that's what you must focus on. But back to Fall...started some decorating and as usual I never actually finish. I'm always adding and tweaking. That's what's so fun about. I love my home with all my heart and making it special for my family and visitors is still so important to me. I think one of the reasons I love Fall so much is that the nights are longer! So many would disagree with me on that but I have always loved it! It's still that signal to me that its time to wind down the day. Dinner, homework, jammies. Close out the world till the next morning. Our own world behind the closed door. Well, its a little different now~~my son works full time and my daughter is in high school so I'm not exactly getting the kids into baths and an early dinner LOL but in my mind its still that way!

So with all the changes many of you know about relating to my Mom, its been an adjustment for all. At 89 years old, she is pleasant and mellow and so grateful. It's hard to watch the people you love suffer but she does have some good days too. I made one of her signature dishes the other day~truly a favorite of any one that has eaten it! Italian potato salad!

White potatoes boiled and halved, mixed with sliced tomatoes, onions, Italian seasoning, salt & pepper, and olive oil. So yummy! And from potato salad last week to what I'm making today! A banana cream pie and a new recipe I saw online that looks so good! Its Pumpkin Crunch Cake! Look it up! It looks heavenly.

Showing you my new Annie I received from the lovely Ivonne of Bonchy's Favorite Things! I love her so much. I'm gonna have to show you a close up! And I bought a mini quilt from a lady on line which comes tomorrow so I am so excited.

I know everyone is looking forward to football season today! So many posts about their day of games. We wait for hockey! October 4th is the first NY Islanders game. Can't wait. (Another reason to love Fall!

I'm going to start work on my Salem tree. I think I had mentioned it last Halloween. I saw an example of one too late and tried to remember it for this year. I have decided to make it a combination of Salem and black crows. Getting everything I need to make some ornaments and also sort out what I have already made. This is the inspiration tree but my tree will look different. My tree is green, I plan to use old fashioned orange lights and the colors will be black & orange!

Speaking of orange lights I affixed some new ones to the top of my hutch. I like these better than the white ones I had. I think I will  leave the orange up all year because the glow is so nice. It reflects off the pip berries and looks so nice in person.

Here it is last night:

That's about it for now. My other plan is to get together a list of some of the Amish Christmas books I want to order. So many good ones being released and the Amish fiction for Christmas is so nice. 

Hope you have a nice day!