Happy Friday

Happy Friday

Overcast and little drizzly but I do like days like this.   

Done all the decorating I will do.  Less will be more this Halloween.  Too many projects going on and before we know it, Thanksgiving and then Christmas.  Whew! Where is the time going?

Pulling out the old carpet in our office area downstairs.  Had electricians come in and take out the baseboard heater.  We don't use it in here since we converted to heat pump.  Use to be just an air conditioning unit for our home.   Now to find matching baseboard for this wall and I purchased paint to paint over the paneling.   Cement floor in good shape so we are just having son put down carpet tiles.  

Patched the holes where the carpet used to be. 

Not looking forward to painting.  I guess I could just leave the paneled walls.  Nah, painting them will be a nice bright change. 

Some new office furniture and a small sofa bed for one wall with new curtains.  Some serious change going on in here.

air cleaner to keep out the dust and clean cement floor ready for carpet tiles.

O.K.  the rest of post will be some outdoor decorations.  

See the face on the ghost?  I feel like he looks right now, with thinking about tackling more chores!

I need some real pumpkins; I have been putting them off with the hot days we have had lately.  Now it's a little cooler, I will purchase some. 

I decided to add cats to skeleton man

Bye for now

More to come

Sycamore Tavern

Out for a drive with granddaughter on such a pretty October day a few days ago.  We stopped to see the beautiful sycamore tree at this place that used to be a tavern in our county. 

I hope you can read this 

Built in the 18th century it is a typical hall and parlor vernacular house of the piedmont region

I like the attached shed or is it something else?  Don't know really. 

Enclosed herb garden

Below used to be a school

Some type of community center now

The sun shining on these beautiful limbs

Just gorgeous

Granddaughter picking up leaves.  I brought them home and sprayed them. I must show them next time. They are in my garage.

A pumpkin I painted

cork top and a piece of wire I rolled around a pencil

I decided to draw a ghost face on some white spaces

Just for fun and whimsy

Til next time

😁

Preserving and some fall

Some last of tomatoes I grew and purchased from local growers drying in my dehydrator.

Getting every little bit dried, canned or frozen.

Even some store-bought mushrooms that I know I won't use soon were dehydrated.  They work well in soups and stews.  Good tasting hydrated and used in Quiche.

They can be dried crispy and ground into a powder; I have done that and used in various dishes where the flavor of mushroom is welcome. 

 Tomatoes after drying.  These are good made into a powder for soups and sauces. 

Dried tomato and onion quiche

Dried apples. 

They will hydrate nicely when I use them in pies or just eat them like they are. I pour boiling water over them sometimes with apple juice to hydrate. 

 I vacuum sealed and placed in freezer. Need to purchase some moisture absorbers, not sure what they are really called to place with dried goods in jars. I've seen that done to make sure that no mold will grow in case a little moisture is trapped in the apples.  I usually dry to a crisp so not really much of a chance, but still in the freezer they go. 

Oh yes, some basil I harvested.  

dried

I finally decorated my mantle. 

My foyer with so much sunlight streaming through

Still working on front door

Mums purchased to place on porch today.  Not loving the wreath but will have to do at this point. 

 'Begonia Grandis' Herons Pirouette has such pretty pick flowers. 

That's it for now

Bye September and Hello October tomorrow.

fall painting

 Hoping to get one more season out of this door before a replacement.

The old color was more yellow; it faded with sun beating down on it. 

I selected Sherwin Williams - Torchlight

 I am pleased with the color

I have mums on their second year coming back at lamp post.  I hope they make it a third.  The marigolds are pretty in fall too. 

Bye for now and off to get a few mums for porch.