poppies? no~cosmo! who knew?

addendum to original post:

thankfully one of my bloggy friends corrected me

because clearly i don't know flowers

i love a good humbling moment for all to see!

one of the local highways features these amazing purple

--
(what i embarrassingly thought were poppies but now know they are)

cosmo
along its banks each year.

they are quite a sight.

sunday i was driving home from work with my mind running in a million different places. i was completely captivated when i came upon these glories in all their splendor.

these shots were actually captured a couple of years ago at the exact same time. & yes, many a commuter thought i was crazy doing a little impromptu photo shoot in the middle of the highway.

whatever

figured i'd share a few peeks of fall around our home~


i had really hoped to slap a huge monogram decal
on my big orange pumpkin that's nesting in the urn
but just haven't gotten around to it yet
we'll see





time to pull out the turkey transferware

& bake chocolate chip pumpkin bread

years ago i purchased loads

& i mean loads

of different seasonal laminated placemats
surely my teenagers won't think they're too mature for these cuties

my fave little posh velvet pumpkin

& a glittered one too

the fireplace

that might just hold anything

but a fire

the last of the sunflowers

my fave madagascar candle who was entirely too boring until i spruced him up a bit

hopefully its going to cool down enough

to wear my new boots that santa scored

he gave me the ok to enjoy them early!!

i sure love that boy!