PERFECT TIMING...

Around here

 it is

 all in the timing...

...come September

 it's all about 

the beginning of fall

 and the excitement

 that soon the weather will settle 

into those soft breezes 

and cooler nights...

...then,

 before you know it,

 the magic of October

 has taken hold

 and the fields are strewn with pumpkins

 and the carving tools come out...

...with November

 comes the harvest

 and the time to be thankful

 for our many

 blessings...

...and during December

 we take the time

 to reflect back over the year

 and plan ahead for the

 months that are to come

 and the promises of

 hopes and dreams

 fulfilled.

Time marches on

 and as it does, 

I hope we can all 

find our spot where 

the timing is perfect.

"It is astonishing

 how short a time it takes

 for very wonderful things

 to happen."

Frances Hodgson Burnett

KAI'S KORNER...

Kai had a sleep-over

 at his cousin, Rosie's, house.

  He is all tuckered out

 and tucked in.

...Judy...

Happy Week to you.

If you missed how I made the clock, you can go here.

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FIRST DAY OF FALL...

Enjoying a first cup of coffee...

...as the first rays of sunshine...

...warm up this first day of fall...

HAPPY FIRST DAY OF AUTUMN EVERYONE...

...Judy...

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A SIT-UATION...

"Draw your chair up...

and I'll tell you

 a story..."

F. Scott Fitzgerald

When we started the re-do 

in the sitting room 

I thought that the wicker chair,

 straight off the porch,

 would suffice

 until we found 'the' one...

...and the old rocker

 would work on

 the other side of the room...

...then we replaced

 the wicker chair

 with the little side chair 

from the kitchen 

and that worked for awhile...

...then the Captain

 found these two chairs 

in a consignment shop.

 I love the style

 and thought I would probably be able

 to change the upholstery myself

 and maybe paint the frames,

 not to mention,

 that they had an affordable

 price tag attached, 

so they took their place in line.

Now,

 here is the sit-uation! 

 Since the arrival of Kai

 and his occupation of the sofa,

 the two remaining chairs belong 

to the Captain and myself

 and these new ones,

 although how pretty they could become

 in my mind's eye,

 are not the most comfortable!

 So, here was the remedy.

We moved

 the two wing chairs 

from the parlor

 into the sitting room...

...and replaced them,

 in the parlor,

 with the new ones.

  The color is good with the carpet

 and until, and if,

 I decide to re-do them, 

they fit in pretty well 

with the other pieces for now.

All three of us

 now have a chair that,

 at the very least,

 is comfortable 

and when we finish a few other projects 

that are in the works,

 we will reward ourselves 

with two new chairs.

Kai will have to be satisfied with a nice bone 

which he will probably 'try' to eat on his sofa!

"I had three chairs in my house:

One for solitude,

Two for friendship,

Three for society."

Henry David Thoreau, "Walden"

I also have one other project in mind 

for this room

 and I am talking 

like a dutch-uncle over here

 to make it happen!

 It may take awhile.

 You might remember

 this little form of 

persuasion!

...Judy...

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ALMOST FALL...

Fall is almost here for real

 and while I have been trying

 to get over a bad backache,

 a few more small touches of the season

 have been set

 around the Cottage.

My back is not 100% yet

 and it still hurts to sit or stand

 for any length of time.

 I think it is something 

that I inherited from my dad

 and it happens every so often

 and just has to be waited out

 and then I will be fine.

Enough of that!

 I will just get on with a few pictures 

of what has been going on around here

 with a little bit of fun editing 

here and there. 

 Of course,

 you know that Kai 

has been helping!

KAI'S KORNER...

"Oops, sorry mom...

"See,

 I just turned them over

 so I don't get them messy 

on the pretty side!"

I made a couple of new autumn pillows

 for the sofa,

 but as you just saw

 they don't always look like this.

Hope everything is going well

 with all of you.

 I certainly have been enjoying

 all the fall home tours

 going on now.

...Judy...

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ALL IN GOOD TIME...

I hope

 you all had a lovely and restful

 Labor Day weekend.

We went for a ride

 up in the mountains.

  The weather was beautiful

 and the road meandered

 along some peaceful and scenic sights

 as only a country road can.

Wouldn't you love

 to get your hands on

 some of these old, worn and weathered,

 red boards,

 not to mention 

the rusted tin?

As many times 

as we take this little journey

 we never tire of it.

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A while back

 I picked up this clock for free.

 I knew it wasn't 

a particularly valuable piece

 or even a collectible one, 

as it sat,

 but it wasn't bad 

and it was made out of metal.

 I had been seeing

 a lot of larger clock faces

 on Pinterest,

and thought it would be fun

 to have a go at it 

and to come up with my version.

I like chickens

 as an item of decoration and,

 if fact,

 I have a few,

 but on the face of a clock

 it was past time for it to go.

  I removed the hands,

 the  frame and scroll decoration,

 and decoupaged a black paper place mat

 that I found onto the front.

 I thought that would do it

 but realized along the way

 that I really didn't want to

 work the red into the scheme of things. 

 So out came the AS Old Ochre...

  

...and I painted out

 the existing roman numerals

 and sent for a stencil to replace them. 

 I then covered it all

 with Vax

from Shabby Paints.

I like the clock much better now

 and look forward 

to adding it into 

some future vignettes.

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The weather

 has been warm and somewhat balmy here 

as we move ever closer

 into fall.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

KAI'S KORNER

King of the Mountain...

...and he wanted to tell you

 that his buds,

 the Gentle Giants 

are coming again soon.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Some progress.

  Do you think I'll ever finish? 

 Only time

 will tell!

...Judy...

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