The October Light

 This is the October sunset  as it circled the house and bathed the colorful leaves in it's sunlight

I would take a million of these sunsets!

Free BOOs At Our Place

 On a somewhat cloudy day my husband decided to Halloween-up the front porch.

It's something he did when he was a dad to small children, but once they were gone from home he stopped the tradition of outdoor decorating.

 Since retiring from the corporate rat race a few years ago, he has now shown an interest in taking the time to fun things up around here.  I love Halloween and the scariness and fun factor of it all.  The pumpkins and flowers of autumn along with ghosts, goblins, skeletons, zombies, jack-o-lanterns, witches, costumes and big BOOS totally make me laugh out loud.

 See!

It scares me!!

But I love it.

 

 So, here is our little contribution to making it a fun Halloween in the neighborhood for those who can find our house (since it's hidden away from the road)  although it could use a few more orange lights instead of just those on the big spider.

 I even found a jack o lantern flag for our flag pole, requested by my husband.

 Even though the outdoor temps have been above average for this time of year, we are enjoying the fact that summer is gone.

 We have mostly pine and cedar trees on our property, but what few leaf losing trees we do have, they are beginning to drop their colors on the driveway.

 Yesterday morning a total spooky flavor showed itself as a fog set over the entire area.

Even at 8 in the morning the driveway lights were still on.

 This photo is late afternoon Saturday.... the lights were on.

 And here at 8 AM Sunday the lights were once again glowing.

 Come drive past our house in the evenings if you want a spooky time.

Don't mind the 'no tresspassing' sign.

We won't have you arrested unless it's past Halloween.

BOO!!

What Mama Can't Afford

 Praise be to the porch!

The fabulous October PORCH!!

Yippee Kai YAY PORCH!

 So I purchased a few smaller sized pumpkins for the screened porch.

We don't have a lot of 'color changing' trees on our property.

They are mostly piney type trees that don't change like deciduous trees do, so the pumpkins are my fall color from our somewhat like tree house screened porch off the back of our kitchen.

 Did you know that when we sit on this porch that we are at the level of birds flying past?

We see cardinals and bluejays go zipping past us and last month the humming birds were even peeking in through our screens.

Such nosey but lovely little creatures and they make us laugh.

 Along with the pumpkins I had two potted mums on the porch, but today they are planted in the pots on the lower level back patio.  Hopefully they will do well there in REAL flower pots instead of the plastic containers they came in which had them root bound.

 Another benefit to the porch and deck area are that these two have access by a doggie door to be shaded inside the porch, or had through their flapped doggie door to sunbathe.  This month, with it's cooler temperatures, they seem to enjoy sunbathing during the morning hours, and come evenings they move inside and sleep on the dog bed until it's time to come inside for t he night.  Spoiled could definitely be the word to describe them.

 A katie did has been hanging out on the outside of the porch.

She's there on a daily basis.

 October wardrobe with plaids has definitely kicked into  high gear for me, layering is definitely the answer.

AND, red plaid is totally da bomb and makes me feel pretty darned cheery.

 Blouse is Kasper brand from Steinmart at $39.99

Scarf from last year and I still love it as much as the day I purchased it.

The leggings are the Suave brand, also from Steinmart at $29.99,  and they are sold out.

Try these instead.

AND.... still no shoes.

Mama can't afford them.  LOL