September Morn

Lovely morning light streams in on a beautiful September morning. 

I love the light this time of year - diffused, golden, softly focused. 

  

Light spills across my early harvest....

Tansy in the basket....

And roses.....

Sweet, sweet roses.....

Captured memories. 

Morning light floods the room as I make the bed 

and prepare for the day. 

The promise of a beautiful day. 

I take a peek outside....

The day awaits. 

Fallen leaves carpet my morning walk. 

Golden light illuminates the forest -

Already showing signs of Autumn. 

Nature's designs are always beautiful. 

Treetops glow in the morning light.

September's golden wand leaves a magical touch. 

Dappled sunlight. 

Sweet illuminations....

Cast enchanting shadows.

Gossamer rays to lead me home.

With one last glance behind me. 

xoxo

The Autumn

Go, sit upon a lofty hill,

And turn your eyes around,

Where waving woods and waters wild

Do Hymn an autumn sound,

The summer sun is faint on them -

The summer flowers depart -

Sit still - as all transformed to stone,

Except your musing heart. 

-Elizabeth Barrett Browning-

xoxo

Wishing you beautiful, golden September mornings

Dear Friends. 

xoxo

A Late Summer Drive with Good Fences

We are having a beautiful Indian Summer

here in Western Washington State. 

Lovely golden days and cooler nights

makes this my favorite time of year. 

Come along with me 

and we will take a country drive. 

As we look beyond the old split rail fence, 

we see a large patch of sunflowers 

across the field, with beautiful Mt. Rainier

rising like an ice cream sundae in the distance. 

Yellow sunflowers against tall Douglas Fir, Hemlock, Red Alder

and blue skies. 

Tawny grasses soften the edges. 

More tall evergreens dwarf this charming hillside barn. 

This is the view. 

Part of this farm was sold off to build houses....

Vintage trucks retire along the tree-line. 

Clouds start to move in...

I love this little barn with its many sweet windows. 

A cedar split rail fence frames a view of a working 

farm with a large old stock truck and other equipment. 

As clouds thicken, we travel into open farmland, 

with the Cascade mountains forming the backdrop, 

This ancient barn and outbuildings have not seen a paint brush

in many long years. 

Another large farm is tucked into a pretty valley. 

Handsome fencing and 200 year old Douglas Fir 

stand out in the mist. 

Meandering through the farmland 

we find this neatly laid out Dahlia farm. 

We slow down to see if it is open.....

Not today - too bad! 

More sunflowers on another farm. 

A pretty tree stands guard. 

A classic barnyard hugs the foothills. 

Let's take a closer look....

Lovely fencing here. 

I expect to see Lassie come running around the corner! 

I think I see her way off in the distance..... 

Can you hear the song 'Greensleeves' ?

A stiff breeze blows the trees. 

We leave the farmland behind as we cross the Green River Gorge, 

raindrops falling. 

One hundred feet down, the Green River flows placidly past. 

All the rivers are low this time of year, but come spring

 they turn into raging torrents. 

We drive through an old coal mining town 

with tiny vintage cottages once owned by the mining company

 and rented out to the miners at the turn of the century. 

Sweet picket fences lined with a tumult of late summer flowers. 

Time to turn around and head for home. 

The skies are starting to look threatening....

I hope you enjoyed taking this country drive with me. 

With some Good Fences along the way!

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Vintage Treasures

Today I promised to show you the sweet treasures

I found at the antique shop we stopped at 

in my last post. 

I couldn't resist this embroidered tablecloth. 

Charming bonnet-ed lassies with baskets of posies,

frolic on heavy cotton with a dainty crocheted edge. 

How could I resist? 

Perhaps better suited to spring, but with a bouquet of 

iris, you can almost believe it is spring once again.  

Another fun find - refrigerator dishes in my favorite color blue. 

Useful and beautiful - they fit the criteria...

Well, maybe this is not exactly useful,

 but I have a weakness for interesting vintage photos. 

Especially wedding photos. 

Here the happy couple is getting a sweet send-off for their honeymoon. 

I love her lady-like dress and the little girl's bonnets. 

I'm thinking this would look lovely decoupaged to this tray! 

Of course my Mr. picked out a couple of things he liked, too. 

He collects wooden boxes. 

They do come in handy.....

The perfect place to store scrabble letters! 

The photo is my son and his sweetheart on their wedding day

3 years ago. 

My Mr. also chose this little bird house for me. 

I grew up in a log cabin during the elementary school years, 

and we also had the privilege of vacations at my Dad's boss'

log cabin in the mountains of New Hampshire. 

Log cabins are very special to me. 

I have a small collection I decorate with at the holidays. 

My final treasure is this darling milk glass jar.

I have a growing collection of milk glass

and this jar has such pretty detail - I couldn't pass it by. 

I have to be careful that my collections don't take over, 

so I am very choosy about pieces to add.

Most reside in the bathroom, 

but maybe I'll keep this one on my vanity. 

So here are my vintage 'treasures', 

but the real treasure was spending the day

with my Ramblin' Man. 

We did have fun! 

xoxo

'A friendship will be young after the lapse of half a century;

 a passion is old at the end of three months.'

-Madame Swetchine-

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