Carol's World of : September 2013

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Baleigh

Friday, September 20, 2013

Princess Emma's First Day of Pre-School

Yes, I know she's gorgeous!

Saturday, September 14, 2013

Trying to force Fall

I love Fall. The cooler weather. All the colors of the leaves on the trees. The problem in the Deep South is-September is not a fall month as in the rest of the country. It is a summer month. It can be the hottest month of the year. But I always try to make it be fall by bringing out my fall decorations in my house.
I always keep some kind of seasonal leaves or greenery on my fireplace mantel. We like keeping the white Christmas lights on it year round too. My bird collection lives on it year round.


Orange, and yellow leaves, sunflowers and cotton boles

An old vase or my grandmothers with more sunflowers and cotton

The bar with more fall pretties


White lights under the leaves


Gotta have a scare crow in the fall!


I decided to decorate the baker's rack this year

leaves


The lights behind the leaves give off a beautiful glow.

So everything is looking Fallish inside the house and then we step outside to 90+degree weather outside! Such is life in the Deep South! Hope you are feeling Fallish and Blessed where ever you are!

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A Return to Loveliness at Delightsome Life

Saturday, September 7, 2013

Hubbie's B. Day/Our Anniversary

This Weekend is my hubbie's birthday and our anniversary. I wanted to go to Tomball to my favorite garden center to pick out my gift and our favorite bbq place is near there. So off we went this morning. Tomball is about an hour drive. So first we stopped at Harris County Bar B Q where I treated hubs to lunch and the on to Arbor Gate. Here are a few pictures from there. This is a beautiful place with a knowledgeable and helpful staff and beautiful and healthy plants


I have some old glassware I could use to make some of these

I really like their garden art and decor, which was what I was after today for my gift. Below are the items I chose.

A beautiful new pot

A 'Shroom


A big purple butterfly on a stake.

I love adding little do-dads and such stuff to my garden as much as I do plants. Just seems to make it so much more special.
We also got 5 inches of much needed rain today! Of course we had to drive home in it! The plants just loved it and just looked so nice when I walked outside. Here are a few random shots I took.