...Autumn Eve

I have little to report today along the 'STUFF' category ...
but it was a WONDERFUL 'Farewell to Summer~ Welcome Fall weekend'!!

QUICK HH recap: approx. 40pp in attendance. Awesome people who are not only colleagues, but 'friends' that we 'choose' to spend time with! I do feel like a really horrible Hostess though... I was in the kitchen preparing another round of shots, chatting with one of the guys that we hang out with on a regular basis... He lit up a cigarette, and before I even had a chance to think I blurted out "Well, Mr. T----, you have the honor of being the first to ever light up in our house!". He was mortified and IMMEDIATELY went outside. It was an easy 'oops' - DH smokes non-stop, just not 'indoors' - but most people don't realize that. I have no objection to smoking, I just don't want my hair smelling like it and I don't want to have to clean 'yellow goo' off of my white cupboards! Mind you, I didn't 'spazz' on him, and I was kind of laughing when I made the comment, but He felt SOO bad - made a point of apologizing to DH later, etc., etc. I just feel bad that I made a 'guest' feel uncomfortable...

Isn't this case of 'mini' beakers that I found ages ago at a sale the cutest for shots?! The other two boxes are 'leftover' favors from our wedding - embossed with pumpkins/name/date!! All washed, packed up and ready for the next HH... Did I hear some mention of a WORLD SERIES HH???!

Saturday got off to a rather s..l..o..w.. start, but after 4 hours of: cleaning, putting away furniture and supplies, emptying coolers, doing dishes, wiping down Twister mats for storage, cleaning ashes from the chiminea, sorting empties for return, etc..., etc... . By 11:30am we were showered, ALL signs of The HH were gone, and we were ready to set out and enjoy the last Summer Saturday. Granted, not the 'proper' time to head out for saling,

~BUT~

This was the day of the Annual Pultneyville Community Sale! This SMALL town is about an hour away, on the south shore of Lake Ontario. I have only been once before, but it is worth the trip - and Saturday's weather was PERFECT!! The sales are plentiful, but it is more than that... it's a 'hometown Fall Festival' of sorts. Church rummage sales, Garden Society plant sale, sailboats on the lake, Youth groups with hot dog stands, SPCA baked goods fundraiser... . DH offered to do 'clean-up' so that I could leave at 7am and hit 'the sales', but I REALLY wanted him to go. Most of 'the serious saling' was picked over and done by the time we got there, but it was exactly how I wanted to spend the day. We did get a few goodies... The Biggest blackberry muffins ever, Hot Dogs for lunch, ...

...an Evening Primrose and Bee Balm from the Garden Club plant sale,

and a JAMES AVERY Sterling pin from a church rummage sale - half price as it was after 2:00pm!! One of my favorite parts of 'saling' is researching 'finds'! I had never heard of J.A. before, but after finally identifying the 'candelabra' mark on the back of the pin, it was intriguing getting a glimpse of the Design Theory of the artist!!

On the drive home we took numerous, obscure back roads! On one particular 'road' (one-lane, dirt!!), we were completely encompassed by SunFlowers... NOT the Sunflowers we all picture in our heads at the mention of the word... NOT the vision captured so Beautifully at MY VINTAGE SOUL ...

...but rather CREEPY, HAUNTING skeletons of the former giant beauties!! We were completely surrounded by these 'cemetaries' - both sides of the 'road', for miles!!

Summer is spent, now it is time for a New Season to enjoy!The Habaneros are almost at their Brilliant Orange Prime...

The second harvest of Raspberries is ripening...

CHEERS TO AUTUMN EVE!!