The best part of the season, is that my dark red house really does lend itself to fall
colors. I will be honest that I am not a big fan of Autumn (as I
have stated that in my past blog posts). Autumn signals a long
rainy winter here in Oregon with little sun. But when my flowers are
tired, I really do embrace the season. Plus my porch really does look bare.
I was starting to wonder if I was ever going to be able to decorate my
porch for fall. We had an outstandingly beautiful summer her in the
Pacific Northwest. Usually we gracefully transition into fall with
September still summer dry, but not this September. We had 2 big rainstorms dumping EIGHT inches of rain! Normal is just a half
inch of rain for the entire month. Needless to say, it was a mess
cleaning up my summer porch garden.
Once that icky weather moved on, we were treated to some beautiful Indian summer sun and 75f. Today I brought out the fall decor. I must admit that this current fall display will only be fully functional until the next rain and wind event comes along. While my south facing front porch is tranquil and relaxing in the summer and early fall, it becomes a nasty windy place to be in the late fall and winter. Our inclement weather blows in from the southwest. I learned quickly the first year we lived in this house, that anything that wasn't anchored, would be blown into the field across the road.
The Squirrel Haven Nut Farm sign
~long story~
but a sign I had at another house we lived at several years ago and a not so nice neighbor.
It always gave us a chuckle, and still does :)
Just before sunset, the colors are amazing!
11 comments:
What a wonderful porch you have, and it is decorated so nicely!!!
You have a lot of nice fall decor, Debbie! I hope to acquire more now that I'm settled. At least I hope I'm settled. :)
Very pretty. Love it all!
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I love your porch. Your house looks so lovely and fall.
What a pretty porch. Love all the fall touches.
Your porch is beautiful with all the colorful fall decorations. You're so ahead of me!
What a beautiful porch. I really adore the colors!
How nice it must be to decorate and enjoy the time of beauty before the Fall and Winter weather are here to stay!
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I love the color of your house and it especially looks pretty all decked out with Fall touches. Such a warm welcome for all who visit. Thanks so much for sharing at AMAZE ME MONDAY...
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I used to wonder if I would ever get over missing Oregon. I finally did but when I see your pictures it all comes rushing back. My childhood days were magical and they were spent in Portland in the early 40's. It was beautiful. We moved to California and I never stopped wanting to "go home" and then one day my late husband, Pat and I, took a trip. We didn't start out for Oregon. We first started out with no particular destination in mind..except Couer' D'alene Idaho, and ended up going through Washington to Oregon.
My baby brother is buried there.
I am glad I went.
I loved reading your blog.
Beautiful front porch!!
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