Fluffing the front yard...

It was a beautiful fall day today.  85 degrees at the end of a September is a real treat here in northern North Dakota!  I took advantage and did some 'fluffing' of the yard.

The chair is handmade and a gift from my sister.  Works great for outdoor for decorating purposes.  The plant sitting on the chair seat blooms part of the day and then hides overnight....

Definitely fall here.  We have had several hard freezes so most of the flowers are done and over for the year.
Nevermore says the raven (but I am counting on spring bringing everything back to life)!

My husband surprised me with the old red wagon one day.  He knows what makes me smile!

Had to add some spider webbing for fun.   Will have to see how it holds up to 20 to 40 mph winds as we are sure to have some days like that in the near future.

My son that farms was kind enough to let me steal some corn.  Given the state of crops with the drought and price of corn, I appreciate his generousity.

Yep, both sides of the entry.  Notice the well trained dogs who know they can't go past the fence.  We live on a well traveled highway and need to keep them safe!

Hmm, that spider looks more like a fly.  But guess that works also.  So a little fall and a bit of Halloween thrown in for fun!  Hoping we can make it to Halloween without any snowfall.  Seems like many Halloweens have been the first snowfall of the year.  Makes me really appreciate the 85 degrees today.

Avoiding housework...

Some days the house is mostly under control and I just don't feel like doing the things necessary to shift from mostly to completely.  Ever have those days or weeks?

Last night instead of doing some cleaning, I messed around with chalkboard art...

This was copied from CustomChalk.com.   Definitely need some practice and tools to make chalkboard graphics look professional.  But hey!  it got me out of housework!

Posting photographs always makes me see the things I want to do differently:  put a frame around the area I painted with chalkboard paint, find a better way to display the areal pictures of our property, change the light in the entry, etc.