Tuesday, September 15, 2009

It's Feeling a lot like Autumn

This is my recent favorite post because it is about decorating...with what you HAVE...no money spent!

I don't know about you, but in the late summer I just can't help myself...



I have clean up the flower beds, put down new mulch, cut the dead tree limbs...



and freshen up my outside decorating with summer's spoils...



even if the arrangements last only a few days they make me happy while I'm outside working....



and look at that lovely hydrangea... after doing pretty much nothing for two years ~ finally it's blooming!
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  1. misselaineousSeptember 15, 2009 at 7:14 PM

    Gorgeous hydrangas! I have one dried flower head over my sewing table in a Peter Cottontail mug. Didn't get many blooms this year...thanks for sharing yours! *elaine* {ps...I'm having a giveback on Love2...pop in if you get a moment *e*

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  2. SueSeptember 15, 2009 at 7:49 PM

    I'm ready to change both the inside and outside to fall, but we will be away a few days and I will wait until I'm home. Who knows, maybe I'll find a treat or 2 to add on my travels.

    I love the idea of hanging the flowers.

    Sue

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  3. RebeccaSeptember 15, 2009 at 7:59 PM

    Yes, I feel like all those things, it's just finding the time to do it all. Shop come first so I am redoing it now for Halloween, my least favorite holiday.
    It all looks lovely
    Blessings
    Rebecca

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  4. StephanieSeptember 15, 2009 at 8:01 PM

    Hydrangeas are my favorite! Beautiful photos.
    Stephanie

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  5. Beth@The Stories of A to ZSeptember 15, 2009 at 8:22 PM

    I adore hydrangeas! I used to have several large ones at my last home and I'm regretting not transplanting some to our new home. I miss them. Yours look beautiful. However, unlike you, I just let everything die and worry about it next spring :).

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  6. cindy-stitches-n-stuff.blogspot.comSeptember 15, 2009 at 8:41 PM

    I love the white window. Beautiful arrangements with left over garden clippings.


    Happy W. Wednesday
    cindy@stitches

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  7. AmySeptember 15, 2009 at 8:48 PM

    I hope to clean up my garden this week and I loook forward to making flower arrangements with the scraps also. Thanks.

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  8. Embellished BayouSeptember 15, 2009 at 8:58 PM

    It's still a little warm here to spend time out in my garden cleaning it out, but I did put out some fall decor inside today! Your hydrangeas are beautiful, love that lavender.

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  9. AnonymousSeptember 15, 2009 at 9:10 PM

    Gorgeous Hydrangeas! I can never get enough of them in the garden--your's are lovely!

    Have a wonderful week~
    Debbykay @ Rose Cottage Gardens and Farm

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  10. ellen bSeptember 15, 2009 at 9:17 PM

    How fun that those hydrangeas have kicked in! Happy O.W. to you...

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  11. ShirleySeptember 15, 2009 at 9:26 PM

    Your hydrangeas will only get better now. I love them. I was going to dry some this year and never got around to it.

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  12. ★Carol★September 15, 2009 at 9:38 PM

    Gorgeous hydrangeas, and I love that fabulous green bucket!

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  13. Becky K.September 15, 2009 at 9:56 PM

    I have a hard time knowing the best time to cut things back so tend to let them linger longer than they are pretty.

    Good to hear you have hydrangeas at last.

    Becky K.
    Hospitality Lane

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  14. JeanneSeptember 15, 2009 at 10:06 PM

    Your photos are so fall like, I am missing summer already.

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  15. debSeptember 15, 2009 at 10:13 PM

    Me too! I started cleaning up the garden a couple weeks ago. I wish I had the time(and energy) to do it all at once. I love your hydrangeas!! I can not grow them for the life of me!!! So darn frustrating. I'm enjoying yours ;~)
    *hugs*deb

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  16. AnonymousSeptember 15, 2009 at 10:43 PM

    Who doesn't love those abso-freakin-lutely gorgeous hydrangeas???

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  17. Light and VoicesSeptember 15, 2009 at 11:28 PM

    You certainly seem ready for fall already. Lovely hydrangeas.
    Joyce M

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  18. AliciaSeptember 16, 2009 at 12:15 AM

    Is that a yellow butterfly in that last picture? I think it should be getting time for autumn leaves.

    Please stop by and say hello.

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  19. Diann @ The Thrifty GrooveSeptember 16, 2009 at 12:16 AM

    I love decorating with natural elements. yours are perfect!

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  20. ReginaSeptember 16, 2009 at 12:42 AM

    Beautiful blooms! Great outdoor post.

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  21. imjacobsmomSeptember 16, 2009 at 12:53 AM

    Oh Boy, I really need to get moving on my garden. But I do some Dahlia's and they are still blooming like crazy. I just love the Hydrangea's especially dried. Happy Fall ~ Robyn

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  22. Paula@SweetPeaSeptember 16, 2009 at 5:26 AM

    I started following your blog yesterday after seeing so many posts that I enjoyed on Metamorphosis Monday and Rhoda's Thrifty Treasures Monday.

    I did some yard clean up over the weekend and it looks so much better! It is so pleasurable to make things look nice around the home.

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  23. ElisabethSeptember 16, 2009 at 7:01 AM

    Oh yes, the cleanup bug bites every fall (and every spring too). Is that urge part of a collective gene pool? I love hydrangeas. We have one that hasn't bloomed and I am hopeful, after reading your post. that it will bloom next year. Wonderful photographs. Happy Outdoor Wednesday!

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  24. Marina CapanoSeptember 16, 2009 at 8:24 AM

    Hi! cute pics!
    here the spring is comming!

    xoxo

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  25. Mary BergfeldSeptember 16, 2009 at 9:00 AM

    I love the flower arrangements you've put together and I'm amazed and impressed that you've begun your yard clean-up. I don't start until mid-October. I hope you are having a wonderful day.

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  26. CindySeptember 16, 2009 at 9:54 AM

    Your hydrangea is beautiful! I love them so much. I need to get into my garden and take out all of my ferns, they are just long and leggy, perhaps too old, I don't know. Hugs, Cindy S.

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  27. UnknownSeptember 16, 2009 at 10:16 AM

    I have passed on an award to you since I love reading your blog and find such amazing ideas here! It is the honest scrap award! If you would like to participate, you can grab everything at my blog, onecocobean.blogspot.com Thanks! I will continue to follow!

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  28. One Gal's TrashSeptember 16, 2009 at 11:06 AM

    Wonderful photos as always...is there anything better than that snap of Fall in the morning air?
    xo
    Pam

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  29. Brenda PruittSeptember 16, 2009 at 11:11 AM

    I don't have much experience with hydrangeas, though I absolutely love them. I've ordered my neighbor (a birthday present) and I some Annabelle white hydrangea plants, but they won't be shipped till later in the month. I so hope I can make this one bloom!
    Brenda

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  30. Ana~A Petite CottageSeptember 16, 2009 at 11:11 AM

    Hi Joan,
    Just wanted to tell you how beautiful your hydrangeas are. They are my favorite flower :-D And I really enjoyed your White Letter Wednesday post. How can you wait?...I'd be looking through those letters in a snap:-) Have a wonderful day.

    Smiles,
    ♥Ana

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  31. StayathomemommySeptember 16, 2009 at 11:41 AM

    Lovely Hydrangeas Out here in the sifting sand pit (Arizona) it seems to be kinda cooling off! But I am still holding out for much cooler weather.

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  32. Pansy Cottage GirlSeptember 16, 2009 at 11:49 AM

    Very pretty Joan. Thanks for sharing.

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  33. DeniseSeptember 16, 2009 at 1:21 PM

    I must get some hydrangeas for next year, I just love them but have never had them in my garden. Yours look so pretty.

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  34. Robin Ennis WillsonSeptember 16, 2009 at 1:37 PM

    ooohhh...you have hydrangeas...lucky girl. beautiful photos!

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  35. CaroleSeptember 16, 2009 at 2:01 PM

    I enjoy cleaning up my garden so much...funny I don't do it that often. I did spend a couple of minutes this morning. Happy to hear your hydrangea flowered...it wasn't a good year for them here. Few Blooms!
    Carole

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  36. Drawn to The SeaSeptember 16, 2009 at 3:26 PM

    Hydrangeas... nothing dries prettier!
    Happy Day,
    ~Julia

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  37. jeanneSeptember 16, 2009 at 5:51 PM

    We are doing the same thing. There is great satisfaction when the mulch is down and everything is trimmed. Then the fall leaves to mess it up again. Such is the great outdoors. You gotta love it.

    Hugs...Jeanne

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  38. ClassyChassySeptember 16, 2009 at 7:06 PM

    Great photos - I started cleaning out flower beds last week. Everything is almost done blooming - mums have begun to show color now that the black eyed susans are finishing their bloom time. Sad to see them all fade.

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  39. Miss Mustard SeedSeptember 16, 2009 at 9:32 PM

    I just love hydrangeas. Thanks for sharing!

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  40. janetSeptember 16, 2009 at 11:38 PM

    I dried my hydrangeas this year.I only had 7 hopefully more next year. The look great on a christmas tree.

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  41. AnonymousSeptember 17, 2009 at 7:19 AM

    I can not wait for my hydrangea to bloom. It was so poor and little and neglected at my Aunts house, she dug it up and gave it to me. I swear it doubled in size instantly, but that's as far as it's gone. Maybe next year it will really take off now that it's home

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  42. RoeshelSeptember 17, 2009 at 7:40 AM

    What a great idea!
    Thanks for sharing it!

    Have a great day!
    Roeshel

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  43. The Pleasures of HomemakingSeptember 17, 2009 at 1:46 PM

    I think this is a sweet idea that everyone can do!

    Manuela

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  44. black eyed susans kitchenSeptember 17, 2009 at 10:46 PM

    That to me is perfect fall decorating! To be honest, doesn't mother nature take care of the outdoor decorating anyway..you know, the autumn leaves and all.

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  45. NancySeptember 17, 2009 at 10:52 PM

    I'm also into "fall mode" and am gathering wildflowers and grasses to dry.

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  46. annies homeSeptember 18, 2009 at 1:22 PM

    have not dried flowers since I was a young girl yours are very pretty

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  47. Let it ShineSeptember 18, 2009 at 1:59 PM

    Those are GORGEOUS!

    Alyshia

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  48. AnonymousSeptember 20, 2009 at 12:47 PM

    Oh to have some lovely hydrangeas to dry! I love those flowers!!

    blessings
    mary

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  49. Chari at Happy To DesignSeptember 21, 2009 at 8:38 AM

    Hi Joan...

    Sounds like you've been a busy little bee, my friend! I haven't even attempted anything outside but we'll have to get everything "winterized" one of these days soon! Ohhh yes...autumn is here in colorful Colorado, in fact it is only supposed to get up to 53 today! A very cool and rainy week ahead for me!

    Sure enjoyed seeing your fabulous hydrangeas...so pretty! Thank you for hooking up with Sunday Favorites this week, great post!

    Warmest wishes,
    Chari

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  50. The Whispering Creek HouseSeptember 21, 2009 at 11:07 AM

    fall is a beautiful time of year! I love it! love the flowers and your post well done!

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