Tuck Everlasting

How is it that I had never heard of this delightful little book?  My granddaughter had to do a book report on it and when she was done I picked it up and read it. In one afternoon!  Then she got the DVD out of the library and I got to watch that. A lovely discovery!!

Have you read it?  If so, did you enjoy it?  Let me know.    Granny Marigold

A Sunshiny Day

This is the scene on my porch today. I gathered all the potted plants into the sunshine so they could get the full benefit of it. Sunny October days are so awesome.  This morning, on my walk, I was thinking how nice it would be to have air freshener called " Scent of Autumn"  that would include the smell of fallen leaves and wood smoke and whatever else it is that smells so good these days.

                   GRANNY MARIGOLD

October

So here we are, once more at the beginning of a new month. Our weather is very fallish; the air has that feeling of chilliness and the air in the park where I walk smells of fallen leaves.  We are supposed to get sunshine today and tomorrow so I'll do more cutting down and tidying up outside. I think we have close to a dozen different Clematis and at least half are the kind you cut down before winter sets in.  I have my work cut out for me.

I really love the illustrations in The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady so I've included them here for your enjoyment. Happy October.

A Monday Tea

              It's a chilly and wet day, perfect for having tea. Won't you join me?

              I've made scones and there's lovely jam!

I have ALL my old issues of Victoria magazine and from time to time I get out the ones from the month we're in and browse through. The pictures are so gorgeous.
 

Have a good week!          Granny Marigold

Treasures

The fog was thick this morning when we left to see what treasures I could find at the few garage sales that were advertised. I love this soft scarf and gloves that I found. The people at all four ( or maybe five) garage sales, were so cheerful and friendly.  We even met one woman and her grown daughter
 ( who was the one having the gs) who had bought the house we had built and were selling  in 1978, just before we began building this house,  that we've lived in the longest of all our homes!!

I love this botanical travel mug. It is a china cup.  I dislike drinking out of plastic.

The illustrations by Holland's famous Rien Poortvliet in this fanciful book about gnomes are superb.

Last of all we got this jigsaw puzzle. 1000 pieces.... should take a good long while to finish!!
We'll keep it for winter evenings I think.

Once the fog cleared up we had a fairly nice day. Got some more Hostas cut down, and tomorrow we will cut down more. Have to do it more slowly than we used to but it gets done.  Getting things tidied up for the winter months that surely will come

        Have a restful Sunday.         Granny Marigold

Rain

It is a very rainy morning. No walk for me unless it relents. I miss it when I can't go; it starts my day off the way I like it. 

The house is completely quiet, something that rarely happens. In a three generation household of six people, two of who are retired, it seems there's almost always some murmur of activity. So I have made myself a pot of tea, lit a candle, and am having a quiet morning. I hope your morning is a pleasant one, no matter what the weather.

This and That

My Sweet Autumn Clematis is slowly opening its countless tiny blossoms. As you can see in the second photo it has begun crawling up the side of the house.  The sunroom window is partially blocked by its extravagant growth.

I wanted to show my kitchen window with the pots of flowers I bought at the nursery just this afternoon but it is too dark I'm afraid.  In the photo, just behind my one African Violet, you can see the Clematis 

         This is one of the pots on the kitchen window sill...

                            and this is the other. Sorry about the dirty pot! I would have wiped it if I'd noticed.

            I bought this arrangement for the front steps, by the old fountain.

And this pot with the ornamental Kale for the porch table.  The nursery had great deals and I took advantage of them. 
 

 Here are some of my gourds on the cake stand that I found in a freebie box at a garage sale this summer.  It is fun to brighten the house for Fall, don't you think? The days are getting cooler and evening begins WAY too soon for my liking so it helps to have bright colours about.

Happy middle of the week!!!         Granny Marigold