Awesome Autumn Is On Its Way

      Today Writing Straight from the Heart is joining Show and Tell Friday on Cindy's blog, My Romantic Home, and Thrifty Things Friday on Diann's blog, The Thrifty Groove. Be sure to go to both of those blogs and check out all the cool posts.

      As soon as there is a little nip in the New England air, it's a telltale sign that summer is on the wane.

     The other morning, I felt it. Looking out the window,  mists wrapped like curtains around the fountain, patio table and chairs, and fence. 

      "Uh oh," I said out loud.  "Summer's almost over."

     Sure enough, that night, there was no need to turn on the overhead fan in the bedroom. It felt cool enough to add another quilt to the bed.

      With just a tiny bit of reticence, up to the attic I went to take down some fall decorations. Meanwhile,  the spring and summer wreath, with flowing pink satin ribbons, had to be hauled up the stairs and placed on a nail in the attic.

      Down came the leaf-covered wreath my daughter made last fall. It's very festive and looks pretty on our front door.

      Several scarecrow-like figures are called "the kids."  They came down from the attic, too, and have been positioned at their stations on our front porch.

      "Brought the kids down from the attic," I said to hubs.

      "What?  What do you mean?" he asked, eyes wide open. Maybe he thought I kidnapped our two, grown up and married "kids" and stashed them away upstairs.

     "The scarecrow kids,"  I told him.

       The heart-shaped pillow and pink wreath that adorned the wooden antique chair on the porch all summer came in, too. They've been replaced with a big basket of autumn-looking fall flowers. See the photo at the top of the post?

    

     Now all that needs to be done is to make another trip up to the attic to find the amber glass. Think I'll save that task for another day.  Many of the decorations shown were free, salvaged from someone cleaning out her basement! 

      I found the old-fashioned front porch chair at a yard sale for $5.  The scarecrow kids stay under plastic bags throughout the year until fall arrives. This is their third or fourth fall season coming up! They come out looking as good as new, don't you think?

       See? It doesn't have to cost an arm and a leg to decorate for the season.

     NOTE TO DEAR READERS:  If you cannot stand to see fall decorations when we still have three weeks of summer left, please forgive me.  When the decorating itch comes, I succumb.  This way,  my family will be able to enjoy the fall decor for several weeks.

DO YOU DECORATE FOR FALL?