Leaving Fall behind & A Giveaway

I am going to miss Autumn

I have come across some really beautiful scenes from fall

this year through the blogs I follow

One of my favorites is Delores's

Vignette Design

Her homes are stunning

 one is on a vineyard

 and she is such a good photographer

she travels to Europe

and takes us along the way

you have to check out her blog for

~breathtaking beauty~

and I'm not just saying this because she is having a

fabulous

~giveaway~

please don't enter because I seriously want to win

just kidding....not!

Check out these beautiful fall pictures

Here is my attempt at creating fall in our home

We leave in less than 2 short weeks for the desert

It seems like I just got my fall decorating done
my favorite new thing is the banner
Jen made...
I just LOVE it
It says
Welcome Fall & Friends

Look what's hiding on my mantle

courtesy of

My Sweet Savannah

At the entry way

there are little lights in the wire gourd

looks so pretty at night

learning to take pictures with no flash

As you can see I

don't have much for decorating
 it seems we have always been
 gone during the fall

Went  to Europe for two years in a row

during the fall to be with my daughter...
look how tiny Mattie was then

The Germans love the fall & 

~Oktoberfest~

My sister & I had a blast

Can you guess where this is?

Wonder where Fechy is?
Switzerland is also beautiful in the fall ..
Ok I'm getting off track here.....I must do a post on that place!

Before that we loved going to
New England
 in the fall

traveling back there in our motorhome
ours is behind the Sister-n-laws pretty one
 I love this picture

So we didn't get to enjoy the

~Northwest Fall~
Now granted it's not as spectacular as Germany or Vermont

But it can be great if all the stars align....

usually it is windy, rainy and the leaves are just

brown & mushy

But this year we lucked out

a few days ago  was a record breaking 77 degrees

Wow we were all

~blown away~

(excuse the pun) 

This is a little leaf maple at our gate
I've never seen it so pretty before

A pretty red leaf maple at the neighbors

my little guy doesn't have a leaf left

Oh you should see those Rody's behind the red leaf maple in the spring...spectacular

Mary's wisteria so pretty yesterday

My little weeping cherry is pretty this time of the year

But our glorious sky is what everybody was

talking about 

The good weather got me outside to take some pictures
See Spanky waiting by the door wanting to go out too....

The back door my sister built

This is our *back door* where 99.9% of our guests enter...

I have plans (see the wall on the right)

to fix our entry so everyone will know where the front door is..

someday....

The front door is under the arch in the middle of the house

but everyone parks at the top of the driveway on the right

and enters here...

~the back door~

My ivy even turns slightly red

Well it's all coming down shortly and we will button up the place

for winter

Good night Fall