Monday, November 8, 2010

Autumn is still in the air.



I know that in the past several years Thanksgiving has become a bit of an overlooked holiday.  After Halloween, everyone is ready to start decorating for Christmas. (Especially, and in particularly, the retailers.  It only ever gets a little corner of the room's attention.)  This year, for the first time, I was sort of ready to do that too. 

On Saturday, I tended Libby in the morning and then she and McCall decided to spend the day with me.  I had an errand to run in Salt Lake and since we were in the area, we thought of lots of other fun places we could stop by and visit.  Most of them were ready for Christmas too.

As we drove around in one of my favorite neighborhoods just so we could both ooohhh and aaahhh, the streets were full of beautiful leaves and spectacular color ... pumpkins were still out on porches ... autumn wreaths were on the doors ... and I decided that I would back pedal just a little bit and not get ahead of myself.

I came home and put up my "Give Thanks" sign in the kitchen, hung my fall wreath on the front door, and decorated my entry way with the beautiful colors of fall.

(So red and green ... silver and white ... pale pink and teal ... you are temporarily on hold ... sorry 'bout it.)

















I don't think Libby is quite ready to be bundled and "in" for the winter either!




Pssst, and if I could choose, I decided this is the house I would really like to live in!


10 comments:

  1. I choose the house in the 4th picture. Is it close to the house you chose so we'd be neighbors? :) Libby is so darn cute. I love her little fall outfit. It's still fall at my house too. I am going to put out all my Harvest/Thanksgiving decor until the Saturday after Thanksgiving. Actually I need to do birthday decor for the rest of this week since Layla's 1st birthday is on Friday!!!

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  2. Oh such lovely homes!

    Being Canadian I was always frustrated that we celebrated Thanksgiving at the beginning of October...but when this time of year rolls around I can't imagin celebrating Thanksgiving..it would make me sad thinking Christmas is taking over such an important Holiday...so good for you! Christmas will come soon enough.

    Hugs and love. xoxoxo

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  3. We had Fall until; today and this afternoon we got some snow and it feels like winter. Up north it looked like winter too with more snow than us, I love the houses, looks like the avenues. :D

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  4. stop the madness auntie peeps...those are the cutest houses in utah ever! you must let me know where to find them so i can move there stat. (and when i say i, i mean i and my boys:)

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  5. What a lovely little autumnal tour you took us on! I have often called Thanksgiving "the most important forgotten holiday." The one caught inbetween the two "gimme" holidays. Gimme candy and gimme gifts. I NEVER forget Thanksgiving in my little corner of the retail world, or in my heart. Thanks for the reminder.

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  6. peeps those pictures are so pretty, let alone the houses! love love it.

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  7. How fun to see a picture of my old design professors house! The inside is just as beautiful! He and his wife bought it and renovated it while I was in school and upon graduation, they invited the our class to their house for a little get together!

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  8. it was fun to re-live that afternoon through your pretty pictures. i just adore that neighborhood. and your dream house is mine too so, i'll be sure to visit lots when you move in. :)

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  9. ok seriously - where is this neighborhood? I am going to drive through it this week! i love all the houses and the great fall colors! I am very against Christmas decorations being around right after halloween, I do love the fall colors!

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  10. WOW...how pretty...I love the one you picked, and the fifth one with all the ivy growing on it! All those colors! And now I feel guilty cause we always decorate for Christmas early. We love all the little lights in the house and way it makes it feel so homey...even for Thanksgiving! We just make the table "fall" pretty still on that day! Because it is so sad to do all that work for Christmas and not leave it up as long as possible! =D

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