Adding Bits of Autumn

What got into me yesterday is a mystery.  Sure, dearest had a meeting scheduled for around the dining room table.  I got up and cleaned, straightened and dusted.  Not much to do with just the two of us most days. The house stays clean, the laundry, minimal...oh how I miss that son o mine! ;-)  I started adding a few bits of Autumn.  Some florals here, a basket there...

 These frosty leaves from sweet SIL Elizabeth are favorites, so beautiful.

 Tossed here and there...

 Mini mums replace the roses under the large cloche...

This little beauty may have started my love of things under glass.  A gift from my BFF Sue over forty years ago.  How this little gem lasted through all those years is nothing short of a miracle.  On a recent visit, I showed it to Sue.  She didn't remember giving it to me, but remembered the gift shop we would visit in the
First National Bank Building where she most likely bought this.  We worked together at a law firm, Sue a secretary to one of the attorneys and I the receptionist.  I answered the switchboard...some of you may remember the big board with the plugs used to connect calls to each office.  Back in the middle ages!  I digress...

The paper leaves I cut and glued to a fallen branch in my large glass demijohn. When the first floor was in order, the pumpkin cake cut and the table set, I went upstairs to get out of the way.

I planned to crochet the afternoon away in our bedroom...then I went to open the blinds and the dust went flying.  I took off the curtains, and the blinds.  I took the blinds and took them to the bathroom and in the shower.  I got some paper towels and Windex and washed the windows, inside and out.  After the windows were clean, I cleaned the blinds, rehung them.  Took the curtains to the washer and grabbed the vacuum. What started out as a quiet afternoon turned into a deep cleaning event!

Later I talked to my sweet p.  I told her Grandma was pooped.  Then she told her Mommy, "Grandma pooped!"  Talking about his topic to a two year old is serious business. We straightened out the confusion with lots of laughs.   Today I  MUST crochet!  Wish me luck, and enjoy this beautiful day.