Finally Fall in Florida

It was seventy-four degrees in South Florida today! Yippee!!! Fall is upon us! Our skeleton and Suzy Scarecrow peek out through the palms.

Halloween is just four days away and while our decorations won't win any decorating contests, we feel festive and want to share some photo's.

Happy Halloween To You!



Our dining room table with the nifty ceramic pumpkin I made in 1984. The china cabinet will be spruced up with Christmas dishes this weekend so don't look too closely now.



Some candles on my kitchen counter . . .

Can you see my pilgrim family on the stove in the background? I have a nice little collection of that little pilgrim family that I've been adding onto over the past few years. The napkin holder is on the counter and a coordinating towel is hanging on the stove. I have the matching mugs in my china cabinet, serving bowls just waiting to be filled on Thanksgiving and pretty little matching napkin rings as well. This is a nice collection that has been available for the past five or six years at our local grocery store, Publix. They've discontinued this collection, but they used to have the cutest commercials with this little pilgrim family on Thanksgiving. This set was always a big hit with many of us going nuts each year when the merchandise first hit the shelves because you just had to have whatever new piece they added to the collection!


I love the cute little boy and girl pumpkin witches I bought at Home Goods this past summer.



Shelf sitters . . .



My Lenox Halloween tree - I wonder if they sell replaceable ornaments for other holidays. It would be fun to keep this out all year and change to Christmas, Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Easter and all the patriotic summer holidays. Must check that out. Isn't this tree great?



Maybe you can get a better view in this picture . . . umm, or maybe not . . .



I've been told I'm a witch . . . but you can't believe everything you hear . . .



I found this little turkey couple in the hospital gift shop where I used to work. I found them right before my dad passed away, which was a sad time, but when I take them out each year I think of how my dear father loved to come to my house for Thanksgiving dinner, so I feel happy when I see them.


Thanks for checking out some of my favorite "Halloween stuff". I know there are a lot of people that do not recognize or celebrate Halloween. It was always a fun time growing up at my childhood home as my brother's birthday is on Halloween. He will be 57 this year. We have many fond memories of his birthday as children and I have tried to pass the fun parts of the day on to my children as well. I've always thought of Halloween as my brother's day, yet we always wound up with treats too!!