A Monday Surprise and Tuesday at the Little Farmhouse

After having two pain blocks in my back at the pain clinic yesterday morning, I finally got around to opening my email later in the day. I had a wonderful surprise there; my layout, Autumn in the South, was chosen as layout of the day at Digital Scrapbook Place.

 This morning I decided to get out a bit and walk around the yard. We are having an unseasonably warm day here for November since the temp is supposed to get to 75°F. The sun seems a bit hesitant about shining today too, but I love taking photos on days like this.

One of the things that attracted us to this property is this old barn. It is a mismatched jumble of old lumber from various sources and a tin roof but has a certain beauty about it.

The old rusted gates, the cedar post fences and all the rusted hinges and hooks are some of my favorite things.

All of these back issues have certainly slowed me down, but now I have to finish my Thanksgiving table. I have also been pinning some great recipes onto Pinterest for our meal for the big day.

Now I am off to the grocery store to round up all the ingredients for the Thanksgiving goodies. What are you serving for Thanksgiving?

The Crops Are In at the Little Farmhouse

This morning I decided to take a walk to harvest my crop of hummingbird vine seeds and marigold seeds with camera in hand. So many spots in our yard are my favorites to photograph.

This really big cedar tree in the side yard just glows in the early morning light. The berries look like silver-blue ornaments.

 

These are two of my favorite places in the yard. I have always wondered what the concrete piece is doing in the tree. I love the barbed wire too.

 

This stack of weathered cedar posts are a favorite. I wonder how long they have been here.

Leaving the gate by the front drive, I look down the drive way at the little white farmhouse. So many areas need my attention today; things need to be put away for the winter months.

We have a lot of hummingbird vines this year. They are beginning to die out and I harvested some seeds for next year while I was out there today. Some of the marigolds are still blooming, but some are already drying out and going to seed. I harvested some of those seeds too.

 

The little garden gnome hiding in the marigolds needs to be scrubbed down and stored for the winter. My grandson, Clay, chose him when we planted these marigolds last year.

This poor little one-winged guy was here when we bought the property. He was on a stick and his wings turned in the breeze.

We did not have any tenants in the birdhouse this year. Maybe our rent was too high. It will be moved into the storage building to keep it nice and maybe next year we will have better luck in finding a tenant.

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