Happy, Beautiful Fall, to you all!! ♥  It is beautiful here, by Lake Huron.  The colors are really starting and our temps are in the cool Fall range now.

Isn't this a spectacular display of beauty by Mother Nature!  We were doing a bit a yard work and I ran and got the camera....My Mom passed quite a while ago....she was a professional artist specializing in watercolors, oils and pottery...when I see a sky like this, I always say "Thank You, Mom!" and blow her a kiss.  I think of her as Mother Nature's artist in residence!  How I miss her...no matter how old I get to be, a day will not go by that I do not think of her! ♥

This Christmas Cactus sits in my kitchen window...I have had it for three years and each year I mean to repot it, but it seems happy, so happy, in fact, that it blooms a couple of months early!  lol!

Click on the pictures to see them better with more detail...these buds are so pretty....a gorgeous bright pink!

Ornaments I have been painting .....

And more to do....these will be part of a nice order I  received....busy, busy, busy time of the year! The finished ornaments can be found at THE RUFFLED ROSE along with other holiday items ~ New items each week!

I am joining Beverly for   Pink Saturday
And,
Cindy for  Show And Tell Friday;

Be happy, happy, happy!
Jil ♥

Hello Friends ~ I hope you are having a lovely Fall day.  It is 73 degrees here in my little corner of Michigan.  Just beautiful! So perfect for cleaning the gardens and planting bulbs....I have done both and it feels so good to be ready when winter blows in!  Of course, the leaves have yet to fall and we will have days of raking them. : )

And, I have been busy painting

A sweet heart to display or to use as a drink trivet ~

And some Halloween fun with this cones to hang among your decor ~

All of the above and lots more at The Ruffled Rose

This is Pink Saturday and to find all the lovely romantic pink blogs just click on this link : Beverly's  

and I am also linking with Cindy at: Show And Tell Friday at My Romantic Home 
Ta Ta For Now! ♥
Jil

Hello Dear Friends ~  It has been a week of painting.  I just listed four PINK ornaments at THE RUFFLED ROSE  ~ They are full of vintage laces, millinery and pretty silk ribbons.  I hope you will come and take a look.  They will be such a pretty addition to the shabby Christmas and then to decorate with all year long ~

As I write a little thunderstorm just moved in with lots of rain and low dark clouds....Such delicious weather!  I am enjoying every moment of it as Sunday the weather changes back to cool Fall air ~

Here is my new project~

It will be the soft luscious green of the chair I just finished ~

And, if you are looking for some sweet white pumpkins,

here are three pretty ones made from vintage

Chenille ~

This is all for the moment ~

Have a great weekend and visit Beverly's

For PINK Saturday which is always fun....I have dinner at the computer so I can browse~

And Cindy at Show And Tell Friday at My Romantic Home 
♥ Jil

Rainy Day And Roses

Hello Weekend!  It is a wonderful, refreshing day we woke to! Cooler temperatures, low dark clouds and occasional heavy downpours!  My kind of day!

I have been busy, busy!  Painting furniture

Before Roses and after a good sanding and repainting.

This is one of my NY finds and while it is in excellent condition

it was the ugliest olive green you can imagine! I don't know why I didn't take a "before" picture!  

This lovely light and almost neutral green is

a favorite of mine....so soft and pretty with it's blue tone! 

 It looks sooooo much better now!

I am not quite through...a rose or two more, here and there ~

This will be going to the booth at the antique store ~

 Everything Classic in quaint downtown Port Huron, MI.

I am doing a darling small footstool with exquisite needlepoint to match...

when it is finished, I will

show you ~

If you are in the area, do stop in and ask for Booth 12 ~

 and, making all sorts of things like Pumpkins!

finding wonderful items at estate sales 

You can find these lovlies and many more at THE RUFFLED ROSE  

This is all for the moment ~ I am off to paint for a bit and start on

the little foot stool~

Have a happy, fun weekend !

Bye ~

Jil ♥

Join me at:Beverly's

Pink Saturday 

and

Cindy at Show And Tell Friday at My Romantic Home     

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