...shades of old white...

...I adore everything about old paper...

...the color...

...the smell...

...the texture...

...the edges...

...the fonts...

...recently, I found these papers in an antique shop...

...what a find...

...there were two bundles like this...

...both came home with me...

...I also adore everything about vintage sheet music...

...this shadow box once was a kitchen drawer...

...a garage sale find many years ago for only fifty cents...

...it got quite a make-over...

...and those beautiful music notes grace the back and sides...

...I could share an abundance of photos of my sweet white pitchers...

...but instead will end with another couple of my favorite things...

"It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see."

Henry David Thoreau

...just can't get enough of my little white pumpkins...

...this morning was glorious...

...so after breakfast on my screened in porch...

...I grabbed one of my sweet little white pumpkins...

...and proceeded to let it pose all around the back yard...

...it was such fun play...

...I just couldn't stop snapping photos...

...this little guy was such a cooperative model...

...always looking adorable...

...have I mentioned how much I adore little white pumpkins...

...and their shadows...

...as I write this post...

...Alex the kitty is in this very spot...

...he looks just as comfortable on the chaise lounge as the little pumpkin...

...in one of the many lanterns hanging in my apricot tree...

...looking perfect in the little window box...

...or on top of another bird house...

...perfectly balanced on the watering can handle...

...and perfectly shaped for the heart that hangs on my fence...

...sitting on top of some of my Red Wing collection...

..posing with some dusty Ball jars that have votives inside...

...and then finally joining many other little pumpkins...

...in an ironstone soup toureen...

...it has been quite a busy day of play...

...'Abundance' is the title of this little work of art...

"Whatever we are waiting for - peace of mind, contentment, grace, the inner awareness of simple abundance - it will surely come to us, but only when we are ready to receive it with an open and grateful heart." - Sarah Ban Breathnach

...autumn love...

...sunflowers and white pumpkins...

...equal October happiness...

...a strong flower...

...that continues to give joy as it ages...

...always ready for a quick pose for the camera...

...Trader Joe's has wonderful bouquets...

...this one contained three sunflowers...

...along with some evergreen...

...and lovely spiky orange blooms...

...this little painting is called 'Sunflower Beauty'...

...and this little work of art is called 'Signs of Fall'...

...little white pumpkins sit in my kitchen window...

...this one was captured at my favorite shop 'Bloom'...

...'Just Be Neutral'...

...posted on Flickr...

...'Autumn Gold'...

...even some white pumpkins in front of our home...

...also on the other side of the front door...

...'Fall Happiness'...

...posted on Flickr...

...finally our temperatures have cooled a bit...

...there is a feeling of fall in the air now...

“I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” 

― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

...now back to my favorite fall color...

...ahhhh...

...how many shades of white are there...

...just try 'Googling' that...

...I'm so in love with all shades of white and cream...

...vintage...

...or not...

...chippy...

...or not...

...then there are all the shades of taupe...

...as in dark tarnished silver...

...back to shiny white...

...love those vintage white ironstone bowls...

...corner of a ceiling tin mirror...

...did I say 'chippy'...

...yes, chippy...

...and rusty...

...sigh...

...oh, and my sweet little pumpkins...

...as iridescent as fresh water pearls...

...chippy and rusty...

...and sometimes being a bit broken adds to the charm...

...old book, old sunflower, old table...

...it all makes my heart sing...

"There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other."

~Douglas Everett