Fall Flowers

Aren't these gorgeous? My sweet husband brought these home to me for our anniversary. He did well - didn't he?

Happy Fall Y'all!

Home Sweet Home

This weekend, my in-laws were in town and while the boys were at the barber shop so that Pops could get his hair cut, Mama Jackie and I went across the street to Hobby Lobby. While we were there, I talked myself into buying some flowers for the front porch. A few months ago, I had bought a door hanger basket from Southern Living, but never bought any flowers to put in it. All of a sudden, I was in the mood for flowers!

The front door. I would love, love, love to put some more white trim around it and paint it red, and then put the street number on the door with vinyl letters. But alas, this isn't "our house" so I'm going to let that idea go.

Oh, and I really like how the pots turned out. I bought terra cotta pots for $3 each and then spray painted them with an oil rubbed bronze spray paint.

The flower pot to the right. I was only planning on using the yellow flowers, but I needed some fillers. I thought I bought 4 bunches of yellow, and I wound up only picking up three. I like how it turned out though.

The flower pot to the left of the door. I really, really love this little garden stake. I bought it a few months ago and had it in a flower bed on the other side of the house, but it was really "lost". It was far too small to be put in a large bed. Once I got these flowers "planted", I went and got that stake, bent it in half and then stuck it down in this pot. I really like how it turned out.

This is, by far, my new favorite thing about the front porch. I just had to have that bucket, when saw it, and I am really happy with how it turned out. I just love the feathers and the greenery pieces that hang out. I am pretty cheap though and I never could find flowers that I liked that were cheap enough! I finally found a bunch of greenery, that had these feathers in it, for $11.99. Lucky for me, all floral was 50% off this weekend. So, I bought all of the flowers for the front porch for just $46. That works for me! We never use our front door, but I can't help but go out that door about 5 times a night, just so I can see the flowers on the way back in! They make me happy! Hope all is well with each of you!

In Bloom

Although our yard needs a LOT of work - there are flowers in bloom everywhere that are just gorgeous. We came home from running errands yesterday and I just couldn't help but take some pictures. (Pardon the quality, these are from my phone).

A whole flowerbed full of knockout roses.

In this gorgeous red color. They have little hints of white running through them.

What you see as you pull up in front of the house. Don't these just make you smile?

As you can tell, I am not a photographer and the wind was blowing like crazy, but I just love this bright pink!

This is coming around the walk way to the backdoor. I love, love, love crosses and when Hobby Lobby had this for 50% off, I couldn't pass it up. I paid a mere $7 for it and it just makes my heart happy.

Then I stumbled upon this little sign and I had to have it too! Another one of Hobby Lobby's 50% off treasures - cost me just $5.

Don't mind the weeds - like I said, we have a lot of work to do. It takes a lot of work for everything to look this beautiful but to be honest - God does most of it. I just love this time of year. When the weather is perfect and there is a nice breeze and everything is in bloom! I wish this lasted all year long!