At the Edge of the Forest.... a Cemetery....

 

 

Onto each blog,

a little darkness must fall....

 

Happy Halloween

my friends...

 

won't you join me for a little walk?

 

 Here we are again

at the edge of the same forest

I shared with you in this post...

 



 

 

Lets look around this tiny cemetery...

 



 

 

sunspots appear mysteriously

in several photos,

 

 

maybe, 

 just maybe

 the dead are saying hello...

 



 

 

 



 



the lovely sad inscriptions

nearly break my heart...





symbolic etchings

faded with age...

 



 

 

the graves of the wealthy...

 



 

and,

the handcrafted tombstones of the poor...

 

this one carved of wood...

 

to me

these mean more,

lovingly crafted...

 

 

stone with a tin topper...

 



 

so sad in the simplicity...

we are in the cemetery in Carbanado, WA...

 

a coal mining town,

that as all coal mining towns did saw a lot of tragedy...

 

12-9-1899

31 killed in an explosion...

 

the sorrow of a tiny isolated town

after such a tragedy

must be stifling...

 

here is an article

 if you would like to read more about the little towns history



 

the miners graves

line up along the back row of the cemetery...

 



 

 

raw coal,

on the ground...

 



  

 

Happy Halloween... 

Black Hat Society....

 this year,

I have kept it light...

 

a soft and pastel Fall....

 

 

that being said...

 

a meeting of the Black Hat Society

was still in order...

 

the Black Hat Society swooped in

by broomstick

of course...

 

 

a tattered rose of yesterday...

 

feathers of a crow...

a hardened fruit...

 



 

 

 

a satchel of secrets...

 

a veil of silence...

shhhhh..

 



 

 I hope you enjoy some good times

with friends this Halloween too... 

 

Boo! 

Shabby Silk Pumpkins....

We have had many a stormy cold night lately...

 

Prime time

to grab a cup of tea

fuzzy warm socks

and do a little crafting...

 

I started making these

Shabby Silk Covered Pumpkins

 and had so much fun...

 

that I even made two other sets

which I have listed in my Etsy shop right here...

 



 

My little trio

in a corner vignette...

 

I am so happy with the soft shades

for a feminine Fall décor...

 

Happy Shabby Fall 'Ya All

I hope you are settling in and feeling cozy too ....

 

Thank you for stopping by today...

Autumn in the Dining Room....

 Well as I have said before

(ha ha)

Autumn isn't my favorite season...

 

I drug my feet as long as I could,

yet the Seasons still changed

without my permission....

 

Come along and

I will show you my Dining Room,

all cozy for Autumn...

 

 

I love the whimsical nature

of a crown on a pumpkin..

 

White Pumpkins

rule this queendom...

 



I do enjoy bringing out the

tarnished silver tea pots...

 

for Autumn I like my silver

tarnished with rich warm tones...

 

when Winter hits

I will polish it to a glistening cold silver...

 





a sweet little gold filigree and rose plate

grabs center stage...

 

dry Hydrangea from the garden

dot the sideboards shallow shelf...

 



 

a hot chocolate set

I picked up this year...

 



 

 

I made these Paper Birch Candles

the other day...

 

and I will be back to share a tutorial soon

(ok they are too easy to need a tutorial, but I will be back with the details )

 



 

ivory and blush paper roses...

 



 

Poppy Pods...

the beauty of nature

as art...

displayed under a glass cloche...

 

 From my Queendom to Yours,

Happy Fall....

 

Thank you for joining me today,