Cottage Style Party & A Last Walk Thru the Garden

It rained all weekend so I did a little in house autumn decorating.

I had a post ready to go.

But after the rain I took a walk in my garden and
realized it would be my last one this year.

Sad, I know!

So I'm saving my indoor fall decorating post for
this last walk in my garden.

There's even some flowers!

This reblooming iris is right next to my front porch and

always surprises me when it flowers in October.

The window boxes I planted are flowering now 

and I can see them from my living room window.

Toad lilies starting blooming when most of the garden rests.

A unique color combo that wasn't there all summer,

a fall special.

Finally...tomatoes!

I'm watching the weather forecast for signs of frost

so I can pick these to bring inside to ripen.

This purple Veronica was a new plant this year

and is still blooming.

This sprawling lantana is nice but low and small.

I prefer the tall bush kind and will look for those next year.

This was a cheap $10 basket form Home Depot that was a good investment...

still flowering!

(I forget what these are called...)

The morning glory meanders around my garden with 

flowers popping up here and there.

The last hydrangea flower this year is the best one.

I might have to pick it and bring it inside for winter.

Lavender blooms with yellow mums.

Yellow mums and coral belle flowers.

It's a bittersweet moment when you take that last stroll around the garden.

Frost is in the forecast in the next 2 weeks

and most of the flowers will succumb to it.

That's when I will spend time looking at the photos I took 

of my summer garden.

And wait for next spring.

How is your fall garden?

Hello Friends!

Welcome to this weeks

Cottage Style Party!

#65

I'm feeling a little melancholy about the loss of warm weather, 

long days and my summer garden.

{Note to self...retire some where warm were you can garden all year}

With Halloween right around the corner I still need to 

put up those scary decorations and carve a Jack-o-lantern!

Not to mention buy candy for all the little

ghosts and goblins!

Are you Halloween-ready?

I'm pumpkin crazy this week!

Let's see your pumpkins...

How cute are these hand made paper and lace pumpkins n gourds?

These started as plastic Walmart decorations in dire need of an overhaul. Stop by Carmen's blog Vintage Creations to see the details of this rescue!

So cute!

This adorable orange pumpkin sits on Audrey's thrifty find...

a small blue metal folding ironing board!

It's perfect for her fall pumpkin display!

Drop in to her blog Timeless Treasures to see

the details of her display and what she intends to do with it!

This is the most bling-a-licious pumpkin I have ever seen!

Luscious fabrics and glitzy rhinestones!

{Love}

This gorgeous creation, and many others like it, are

from the blog Ornate Splendor.

Stop in and show some love!

If you were featured, don't

forget your button!

 Deb

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