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  "November comes,

and November goes,
With the last red berries, and the first white snows.
With night coming early, and dawn coming late,
And ice in the bucket,

and frost by the gate.
The fires burn
And the kettles sing,
And earth sinks to rest
Until next spring."
     ~ Elizabeth Coatsworth

Fall is my favorite season.  I relish the colors, the crisp mornings, wearing jeans and cardigans, and dinners from the oven.   But it seems to get cut short.  No sooner have I covered up the patio furniture and closed the kitchen windows - than people are talking about decorating for Christmas.  

For me, that happens the day after Thanksgiving.  This may be a subliminal nod to my retail days and "black Friday", when the holiday season 'officially' begins.  (Although we usually started putting our trees up in late September.)

At home, I decorate with fall colors year round, and at Christmas I just add more red.  That's it.  Although I've lived in a beach community all my life, instead of shells and sea glass, I have twigs, flora, wildlife and earthtoned-pottery in every room.  Here are a few samplings from around the homestead.

The breakfast room table ~

although we never eat breakfast there (:

Snowberry Roseville

Lilies and Freesia cachepots and a

Hudson-Weller lamp in the living room

A Pinecone Trio 

The twig- handled basket is one of the pieces broken

(and glued back together) in a mantel mishap

Wildlife in the den curio cabinet;

 a hand-painted cider set with a bird on a branch (of course)

(see more from this cabinet here ) 

and a hefty acorn pitcher with squirrel handle

accompanied by a sweet little deer family 

And in the bedroom...

more squirrel!

and an old lake print

and more pottery ~  I think this is the Zephyr Lily pattern,

with a sentimental little brown bear candle

 And finally,
this  print hangs over the mantle in the bedroom

 

its a forest scene,
with a buck walking into the light, looking back

It reminds me of my husband; strong and sturdy, brave and rugged

 

Whenever I study it, this song always comes to mind

"When It's All Been Said and Done"

Click here if you'd like to listen

 

 Wishing you a spectacular November ~ every bit of it. 

Counting My Blessings,

Susy

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