As the leaves start to change, the wind picks up a little and the smell of Pumpkin Spice Lattes hits the air by Starbucks, I start to get excited about my porch. I don’t dress up my porch in spring or summer, and winter really only sees the addition of lights in the hedges near the porch. Yet, when fall starts to arrive, I get giddy at the opportunity to fetch pumpkins and mums and put a little pep in my porch.
The small sugar pumpkins in the picture to the left are the ones that we used at Tomato’s birthday party, which we grew in the backyard. The large white, blue, cheese and Fairytale variety ones were purchased on a fall girls’ day to Terrain. My mom and I took Tomato to be ladies who lunch at their amazing organic and local foods-centric cafe and picked out some pumpkins. I stopped by a local little market, Gifts and Gardens, to grab the mums. I do gravitate toward the reds and purples, but appreciate the yellows too. I like alternating the colors to break symmetry.
Our neighborhood seems to really get into the autumn porch decorating too. Burlap is used to cover mum pots.
Scarecrows arrive and mums are scattered along walkways too.
I love the addition of seasonal greens and pumpkin stacks on this porch too!
It’s a time of year that really makes me smile. The garden gets put to sleep (an update to come on the final pickings), sweatshirts and sweaters get pulled out of the closet, thoughts of next year’s garden begin to be written down, and the knitting mojo is back in full force.
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