Hooked on House Tours...Yep, I'm Hooked!

Oh how lovely the autumn~ness of it all!  In celebration, I decided to join in with Julia's Hooked on Houses Fall House Tour Party...I thought I would share our front porch.

As you can see...it is a stormy, stormy morn...my favorite type of morning.  And if I weren't laying on the sidewalk to take the picture below...I would be inside making bread for dinner...but I wouldn't miss one of Julia's soirees, even if the bread was toasted with melted peanut butter on top!

The trees in front of our home are bright yellow....from inside, it looks like they are lit up...

This is the part of fall we all cherish so much...but it is also sad to see the rain wash it away...

Drippy little drop of rain on the camera...

Still cannot dampen the elegance of the season...

There are clay pots under the ivy~gone~wild...

Corn...

Pumpkin angel...

Remember the witch under our coffee table?  Well she had a sister...

Apples and skulls...

I love Halloween...

Say Cheese...

A harvest~y tea...

Stems replaced with finials...

Squash with style...

White pumpkin squash with finial ta~da~ness...

White pumpkin with attitude...

Pumpkin in a nest in a privet...

Orange fake~ola leaf in a privet on a porch in the rain...

Happy, happy...

Future pie...

Drop cloth painted pillow...

Thank you for stopping by neck~of~the~woods....I am now going to head on back over to Julia's for more Fall House Tours...wanna join me?

Have a great weekend!

Smiles ~ Ramona

Halloween ~ A Celebration!

Welcome dear friends coming by from A Fanciful Twist Blog to enjoy Vanessa 's Halloween Celebration. I am so happy to share some of my decor antics. This day has been dark and stormy....with wonderful moments of thunder and lightening....perfect for a day of festooning the house with Halloween decor....and I am delighted to share a bit of my folly...

The three favorite words of any child...

Squash...

Corn decorating the window pane...

Old drawer of spooky goodies...

Spooky...

Mantel...

High~chair full of pumpkin~head babys...

Cage of crows...

A silver~y thrift store find...

It is just an upside~down metal shelf...

Cotton print stem on baby~boo pumpkin...

Detail...

Burlap stem on a baby pumpkin in a baby silver bowl...

Acorn squash...in a cage~ola...

Green squash...

Leaf...

Autumnal entry...

Big pumpkin...

My trusty drop~cloth pumpkin pillow...

Butternut, danish, gold nugget, sweet dumpling, golden acorn squash~o~ramas...

Doing a cha ~ cha!

No wall was safe from Halloween festoon~ment~ism...

Layers...

Poor witch...nice shoes...

Nice of her to leave her bonnet...

Delightful millinery detail...

Pairs...

Even chairs can have a BFF...

Have a wonderful time lollygag~ing around blog~land...

Vanessa...thank you for a magical celebration...you are the hostess with the most~ess!

Smiles ~ Ramona

Hooked On Foggy October Morns ~ Still

Oh what a fun year of Hooked on Friday parties I have enjoyed...so today as Julia ends her soirees and I thought I would re~post my first Hooked on Friday post...because one year later I am still hooked on this and today is exactly like it was a year ago....I just love things that you can count on...don't you?

I'm Hooked!
Yep, hook~ed, line and sinker! Don't you just loved being {hooked} on something or the other? I do~bunches and bunches and then some. So many of us love it so much that our fearless {hooked} leader, Julia, the blogger extraordinaire of Hooked on Houses fame is having a Hooked on Fridays blog party ~ now that's what I'm talking about!So here is Julia's question: "What are you hooked on?" Well, lots of things...especially this time of year...but this morning only one thing came to mind...Fog...yes sir~ree bob...fog.

I love, love a good Northwest foggy fall morn...a lot.

We just started having them over the last couple of weeks and I heart them a whole heap of a lot...especially when the fog burns off and we are left with a glorious sunny Autumn day...Bliss!

When I snapped this shot...I kid you not...geese were flying over head...
{HONK!} Love it!

That ol' sun did finally shine through...but don't you just love how misty and cozy it looks?

Cozy, cozy, cozy!

Yep, cozy!

Fog...gotta love it...I do....I'm {Hooked}

For more Hooked On Fridays fun~ola check out Julia's site~o~fun and share what you are hooked on.

Smiles ~ Ramona

P.S. Thank you Julia for a total fun year of Hooked On Friday Parties ~ I've said it before and I'll say it again...YOU ROCK SISTER!

October ~ My BFF

O suns and skies and clouds of June,

And flowers of June together,

Ye cannot rival for one hour,

October's bright blue weather.

~ Helen Hunt Jackson

I decided that October is my new BFF...I know that she is yours too. She is so completely wonderfully~wonderful...that must be why she has so many BFFs...Cha, cha, cha!

This was view from my porch this morning....I'm just saying...

Cinderella is looking for this bad boy...

Sweet bowl of fall do~dads from my sweet friend Chris...

Homespun corn...

Been sewing all the live~long day for ETSY...

A patch of goodies for my shop...

Up close...

Paisley, paisley, paisley...we've been pals for years...I Love Paisley...

Patchwork pumpkin...

It is such a hoot to feather a nest with autumnal jolly~ness...

Recycled from year to wonderful year...

See...October is definitely my BFF..

And now...back to velveteen, burlap, buckwheat hulls and happiness...

Enjoy the scrumptious~ness of October.

Smiles ~ Ramona