frightfully fun...

we're having a wonderful time preparing for our party tomorrow night. it is a neighborhood tradition to gather at our home and carve pumpkins...we started this in 2003 and we've missed only one year. so hard to believe we're hosting our fifth event - where does the time go?

the boys had fun decorating the barbed wire tree

time to get out the "candle stabbers" i bought several years ago from a local crafter...i've used these in artichokes as well; simply beautiful.

a little autumn piece that i love, by the photo of my younger son, now 7...

i didn't think i liked mums, but the vibrant orange caught my eye this year

linger for a while...

whooo goes there?!? oh - it's you...welcome!
you're almost inside now...

a cozy, albeit slightly spooky, tableau in the family room

our autumn dining room

please stay as long as you'd like...less than 24 hours until the big bash!

autumn open house

do come in! and please remember - to follow the autumn trail by clicking this!

we've been preparing for weeks!

more soon!!!