Putting Summer away

    Well, fall is coming to Michigan....  A tree in the backyard is starting to turn...

                    A pumpkin field that we pass on the drive home from up north. 
       There are miles & miles of pumpkins near our place up north. I love to       take the back roads on the way home this time of year just to see all that orange.

           I haven't posted in more than a month, busy, busy. I started a new job, quit same job. Went on 2 trips, spent every weekend up north, getting things ready for deer hunting, well hubby & sons did... I hung new curtains, that I made, hung some new shelving, re-arranged furniture, had new cable TV installed + a new big screen.....( can't deer hunt & not have good TV for football )                                 
             Anyways,  as we get ready for fall, we pulled out some bushes, planted some mums, added a new bench & I am sadly putting away the geraniums
    So before I put it all away, I thought that I would show you something I did earlier this summer.

          I took these thrift store finds... 2 candlesticks 1.00 each & this bowl thingie, also $1.00

                          And made a little Garden art........

                    A 50 cent plate & then when I thought it lacked something, I added a thrift store flower pot that someone had embellished 30 cents  : )

                         And some Gorilla Glue, my new favorite tool

                     It looked pretty cute near the back door.......
   
                   And recently I bought this at Goodwill for $3.00,  an ugly lamp that will be something for the yard next summer.

                
                         Can't you just see it with a great finial on top, or a gazing ball.....
                                                     Next  summer...............Sigh...........                                   
                                   
    Joining Pam over at Be Colorful for Motivated Mondays 
           for  my 1st ever Blog party

New cottage???

 Tonight we took a drive to see a cottage that we are "thinking" about buying  : )

SOoooo we took the drive with 6 of us, 2 of the boys & thier wives.

The guys heard about this great deal on a cottage.

It is closer than the place we have, in a way different direction from home.

   We all agreed.... the view is amazing!!!

    But this is the cottage..... drum roll ........................

And this.......................

OK.... the guys are seeing potential.... : ) telling us that we will "fix it up"  :)

even make a few bucks.... "flip it" they said : )

Yea.... the girls are talking screen porches, fireplaces, furniture.....

 ( and really hoping that the offer we make on this one,

is WAY TOO LOW for the owner of this sad little place  )

What do ya think????

                    At least it was a nice drive & dinner out : )