Cabbages & Cornstalks

What about this weather?!

We got some flurries & sleet on Halloween night ...
& now they are predicting is for a few inches this weekend!
Fall snow ... I think so.
Wow.
Ready or NOT, winter is coming early!

My to-do list for today now includes getting my porch & patio ready for all the cold & snow.
We haven't put away our big patio umbrella yet & my flower pots are still out.
In fact, I still have blooming flowers!
Ugg ... I don't think I am ready for this winter weather just yet.

Here are a few pictures of the pretty things we enjoyed on the porch this fall.

 

 Gunnar & Riley brought me home the corn stalks, complete with corn right on the cob!

That added a whole other level of fun, right?!

This was my first time to ever plant ornamental cabbages, but it will not be my last!

They are so beautiful & hardy.

 I planted a green one in one pot & a purple one in the other.

 I still have buds & blooms on my rose bush!

Winter, are you sure you wanna put a stop to all this?

On the door hangs this overloaded wreath.

I was super happy to find it at the flea market for $10.

Now, what you don't see is that I have a total of 14 pumpkins 

scattered here and there around the outside of the house.

James stopped in on last day at the pumpkin patch & they told him to take what he wanted ...

for free!
Gunnar & Abigail came over one evening & he said, "Mom, I love all your pumpkins!
I counted & you have 14!"
{I love that boy.}

I was so happy when he brought those home.

We are hosting Thanksgiving for my side of the family this year, so all this seasonal decor

will festively greet our guests on Thanksgiving Day.

So, today while we are getting things winterized, I'll snap a few pics of all the extra pumpkins

& I'll show you those tomorrow =)

Happy freezing cold fall, y'all.

Who doesn't love a good party?!
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