Hi, welcome! As you may know I am not one to celebrate seasonal changes ahead of time---no flags and fireworks at Christmas, no pumpkins the day after 4th of July--and heaven forbid, Back to School in June before finals and proms are even finished. Instead I love celebrating the seasons as they occur, I savor the anticipation, the rotation of the year, the familiar joys returning.
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Even as a young career woman who worked a high pressure job in NYC, my dad would always manage a business trip to visit me, and off we'd go to Vermont or Pennsylvania to choose a pumpkin. Later trips with kids, maybe the town's parade and pumpkin pick, or to the big nursery where my son would get to choose the biggest pumpkin he could find. [Excuse me, sir, do you have a forklift to put this pumpkin in our Jeep? I'd think.]
So here again, mid-October and off to the Pumpkin Patch we go. C'mon.
The farmhouse nursery shop:
Spooky!
And cute!
Mums galore. The shrub sized tricolor mums are 49.99 this year.
Pumpkins everywhere, every size!
I always want the pink stripey kind. $40.oo this year.
I remember when white pumpkins began showing up in magazine but were not available to buy. I had to buy faux to get the look.
Squashes and gourds, the colors aglow.
More mumms.
Pansies and asters. Growers have really gotten the blue flower thing down, haven't they.
I loved these colorful tiny peppers.
And this is new, perfectly pumpkin colored orange giant marigolds for your fall flower bed.
We always enjoy the miniature fairy gardens display, all spooky and fun for Halloween.
And this year the ''petting zoo'' has returned. The goats are not impressed. I didn't go close because like Mo then they'd expect a snack. But they're so cute, in a bored to pieces kind of way.
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Back home, I set out my small russet mum, $6.99 and tiny 2 dollar pumpkin. That's good enough for me and my budget. I did buy bulbs for next winter. Not these Tete a Tete daffs, easier to buy pre-grown at the grocery store.
Instead I got lovely blue hyacinths, inspired by the ones blog friend Penny has grown in her vintage Dansk vases just like my mom used. HERE
Then I made a fall tart, puff pastry, goat cheese, butternut squash and tiny tomatoes from my friends' garden. Tasty buy a smidge too rich.
Early October nature scribbles page:
I hope you can enjoy the days before winter's darkness! The full moon last week ,with Jupiter by her side, was exceptional.
love
lizzy
gone to the beach...
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Hi Lizzie, thoroughly enjoyed this post. What a wonderful array of photos. I can't get over the spectacular pumpkins...so many colours and kinds. Great fall tart there too. Happy Creating!
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing collection of shapes sizes and colours of pumpkins you have.
ReplyDeleteThey are still mostly just orange here except for a few larger farms
I love the color and variety! I wish I had space to grow pumpkins or gourds myself.
DeleteLove all the pumpkin varieties; we saw many more white ones on sale at Big Y yesterday than the traditional orange ones--trendy I guess!
ReplyDeleteI love bringing in branches with colored leaves and setting up a big vase full of them in our entryway...
Your October page is so yummy;))) with the mockingbird and lichen encrusted branches!!
Love these...nice memories...hugs--and keep warm with this now northerly wind...Julierose
Sounds like you have some wonderful fall memories! I adore the fall decorations and look and feel to everything happening in nature this time of year. Love that we have a much larger selection of interesting pumpkins and squash these days! I remember as a kid, only seeing the unique kinds at the county fair!
ReplyDeleteLOVE your trip to the nursery! I'm both sad and glad I can't go, lol, it would be very easy to spend a fortune there! I'd want one of the fairy gardens...
ReplyDeleteIt got down in the 40s last night and the house got chilly! It still gets warm during the day, usually, so we broke down and set the thermostat with hi/low settings to run either the AC or the heat. It seems crazy, but this isn't the first time we've needed to do it.
I loved the stripy pumpkin, too, very cool and unusual - but not for $40!
Love the journal page, too. Hope you have some nice weather to enjoy for a while! Take care and thanks for sharing!
That pinkish stripe pumpkin is very pretty. If nontraditional. The prices there are so high, but I suppose that it goes along with the higher real estate costs of an urban area. Your fall tart looks delicious! I'd guess it makes 8 or so servings? Looks like it would make a perfect supper with a green salad and a glass of white wine.
ReplyDeletefun to see all those gourds and pumpkins! I loved the little fairy garden. Happy October!
ReplyDeleteWonderful autumn trip! I love it!
ReplyDeletePretty nice display at the nursery, huh? Such beautiful colors and shapes. I guess they weren't thinking about photo opps when they placed the stickers on the pumpkins. You did a good job disappearing them ;)
ReplyDeleteWe finally got some cooler weather and even a few rainstorms over the last week. It's a welcome change from the heat and humidity that we had been having.
The Halloween decorations are appearing, though not in full swing yet. The little playhouse near the beach is decorated. Will have to send pic.
Kel
I'm with you in giving each holiday its own days and not overlapping holidays. My mom used to complain when she saw Christmas ads in mid-November. (But then she didn't put the tree up until a few days before Christmas which, to me, cut the season short.)
ReplyDeleteThanks for taking us along on your visit to the nursery. It's always fun to see their displays, pumpkins, and flowers.
Do you decorate your house for autumn? Maybe you've already posted and I either missed it or forgot....