Friday, October 8, 2010

Falling Acorn

You know Autumn is coming when an acorn drops from a tree through the open sun roof of your car onto the passenger seat while you're driving slowly through the neighborhood scouting home decorations. And on homes and businesses, decorations there are!

A collection of scarecrows surround the inviting entrance of this lovely home.
Some opt for a more ghoulish theme comprised of inflatables.
Roo and I agree we'd like this one better if the cat looked friendly.
This large pumpkin balloon crowns a garden store on main street. Can you guess what's on sale? Pumpkins, of course!
And beautiful mums and other fall foliage.
In an attempt to NOT fulfill the stereotype of a home renter (vs a home owner), I decided to do some fall beautification of our own home. Plus, Roo's been asking for decorations like the other homes. Today after school, he and I weeded, planted, and watered to create this:
More fond of "harvest" than "halloween", a metal crow and scarecrow have found a place in a bed of straw with mums and kale. Before October 31, the plump pumpkin will become a jack o' lantern.

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