It was jus' so pretty outside today...

...that I took a minute (and that's all I had - a minute) to snap a few pics.

We've got pumpkins...

...and gourds...

and "jack - b - little" pumpkins...

...sweet lil' baby Indian corn (large bunches also)...

...I love my tub I rescued from a friends basement...

...my pretty red dahlia peeking over the fence...

...love my big basket filled with millet, kale and mums...

..."climbing black-eyed susan" literally climbing everything in sight - and deciding it makes a nice seat cushion in my red wood chair...

...this pretty purple cabbage is about to start to show off -

...my rusty metal pumpkin...

...my rusty metal chair - I think I have a crush on rust...

...and my sweet potato vine still going strong makes a nice backdrop for a volunteer marigold - the orange is perfect for fall - so glad it decided to take root right there.

...I hope you all are getting your place all "gussied up" for fall.

Have a beautiful weekend - and plant something!

Cathy

Better late than never...

...don't you agree? Sorry friends - I promised pictures "BEFORE" our annual Fall Harvest Gathering and it just didn't happen. A week of working till 3:00 am every morning - well, I don't think my brain or my fingers could have put two sentences together - correctly anyway. But, here are some pics of the store and the yard - BEFORE everyone got there. And all I can say is THANK YOU - THANK YOU - THANK YOU!!!! It was our biggest and best fall harvest celebration in the twelve years since we have been open. Even though it rained the night before and one of the tents fell overnight - the sun came out and it was beautiful till it rained again late on Saturday - but that didn't stop them. People came from everywhere! We were so blessed and are extremely grateful to everyone who shopped with us, came and ate with us, to my family and friends that did so much to help me! Oh my - how blessed I am to have such wonderful people in my life! That's all I've got to say about that or I'll just cry!

Jus' simple table decorations...

I love my pretty lil' brown jars that were given to me...Thanks Jewel!

Ornamental Kale and zinnias and gourds...

my lil' goat wagon - a gift from my better half...

...some tables before everything was quite ready...

...pretty pears...

...rusty buckets...

...I love gourds...

...and pumpkins...

...yummy, yummy, yum-yum soup mixes from Wind and Willow...

...happy scarecrows...

...and a lil' blue and orange...

...love that orange hydrangea wreath...

...well, y'all know me - I had to get some orange polka-dot pitchers...

...big, BIG "Welcome" pumpkin....

...some green and brown...

...more pumpkin pics - oh my - those price tags look tacky - sorry 'bout that...

...more metal...

...pumpkins of all kinds...

...and pumpkin flags...

Now, honestly - just about everything you see in these pictures sold on Saturday. But never fear - I'm gonna get busy - I've already got some new furniture pieces and I'm on the hunt for more goodies.

There was so much more but once everybody gets here - there is no picture taking - but we had a beautiful day in so many ways - thanks to everyone who made it that way!

Have a happy week!

Cathy

I've been a bad...

...bad blogger lately - so sorry. But those mums - oh my - watering all those mums and ornamental cabbage and millet - and picking Indian Corn and gourds - well, needless to say I'VE BEEN BUSY - my dear friends. And I've been pressure washing the porches and replanting my containers all in preparation for this weekend and our Annual Fall Harvest. Yep, it is here once again.

Saturday, September 11

9:00 - 3:00 CST

Won't you come and join us? I so hope you do! It'll be a lotta fun - I promise! And another thing I promise - more pics of our goodies later this week. Bear with me please - this shopkeeper is a busy girl - but some rest is in sight. I'll share more on that later!

Have a great Tuesday - I'll be back soon!

Cathy Cobblestone

I needed a "pot filler"...

... ya know when at the end of summer your flowers start to look a lil' "spent" yet it is a bit to early to plant fall flowers - well, I'm there! This asparagus fern was looking a lil' lonely and I couldn't bare to toss out a perfectly healthy plant so I begin to think of ways to enjoy it a tad longer before I planted a mum or nestled a pumpkin in there. And since we are gonna have some company in the next couple of days - it needed some sprucing up.

So here was my quick fix and I think it'll do the trick for the back porch steps.

My lonely asparagus fern looking for some company...

...I found a small grapevine wreath that fit the top of the pot - simply laid it in there and let the

fern fall around it...(honeysuckle vine would be pretty wrapped around it also)

...got my "most absolute favorite" antique watering can (gifted to me by my sweet papaw, Jodi) and placed it in the pot - that wreath holds everything nice and steady...

...filled it with water and cut some of my beautiful limelight hydrangea blooms.

So - since "back door quests are best" - this lil' pot will be there to greet them when they show up. Well, until pumpkin thyme anyway.

Have a happy start to your week my friends!

Cathy

What's growing at Cobblestone Farms, you ask?

Well, mums of course...

...and more mums

- growing and growing -

and will be in full bloom in just a few short weeks...

...and pretty Purple Baron millet...

the perfect accent plant for fall...

with its tall rich foliage and "cattail" like blooms...

...also starting to show off is our ornamental cabbage and kale - soon to turn white and purple and red...

...other pretties growing at the farm are sunflowers backed by the tall stately Indian Corn - two of my favorite things...

....and zinnias of course - now, tell me - is there a prettier, "easier" plant to grow? - nah, I don't think so...

...so pretty in red...

...and purple and every other color for that matter....

...which I turn in to sweet lil' arrangements that make people happy - INCLUDING ME!

...Like this one I delivered a few days ago - nothing says "happy day" like a bouquet of fresh flowers - proudly homegrown!

Sooooooooo.... that is what is happening around here -----outside---- in a few days I'll let you peek at all the fall goodies -----inside the shop.

Thanks for stopping by and if you don't grow your own flowers - let me encourage you to do so - it's easy, fun - and what joy it is to share them!!!!

Have a happy day!

Cathy

Lighten Up...

...that's what I wanted to do to my bedroom, I mean. Well, it was green, black and white and even though I liked it - I wanted a breath of fresh air for summer - without painting. So like I told you all in my last post - I thought I'd bring in a lil' blue - so now I've got the blue of the sky and the green of the grass and for this time of year - it makes me feel happier. Now, y'all know - nothing 'bout my home is fancy or fussy - so this lil' reveal is just some simple things I thought I'd share with you. Sorry - it is a lil' picture heavy...enjoy!

I already had green walls - so no work to be done there - I did purchase a new bedspread - Target...

This is a quilt my grandmother made me as a lil' girl and it was my inspiration piece...

...two pillows found at the peddlers mall - can you believe they matched this perfect?

..."my all time - most favorite, makes me most happy" canvas (available at my shop - had to get that in there)

...my old picnic baskets that were red - I spray painted blue and green and paired them with an old globe and $5.00 topiaries bought at a local consignment store...

...my lil' blue bench - found at peddlers already painted that pretty blue...;-)

...just simple breezy panels that were to long - so I jus' turned over the tops and a lil' emblem I covered with scrapbook paper and paint and placed on an old painted coca-cola crate...

...pretty colored books bought at the local mission store - a dime a piece...

...perfect bed side reading and fresh flowers of course...

...this room is tiny but comfortable...

...my cabinet made from an old window - I've currently got one similar available at the shop...

...I wanted to give it a punch of color -so I simply taped a piece of scrapbook paper to the door...

...I hope I am a blessing to my family...they sure are to me...

...and of course, my lil' burlap pillow I made - with the one thing written on it that I'd like to do - REST!

Just sharing with you - hope you have a beautiful and blessed week!

Cathy

P.S. - Thank you all so much for your sweet comments on my last post - they made me very happy!