I am thankful for each of you..

Wishing each of you a wonderful Thanksgiving

 from our family to yours..

We celebrated last weekend and it was the best time. 

The babies are big enough now

that we wanted to make it fun, make some memories..

the hubby built this Whatchamacallit and I painted it..
The thoughts were we would get all the kids together, take pictures
 and then every year take more and see how much they have changed/ grown

We never did get all the kids together
but the adults sure had fun playing with it..

even baby Harrison got in on the fun.. He is due next week
and we are all so excited..

there was some apple bobbing and yes that is
 a tiny little butt crack going on up there on the right..

some crafting and cousin time

a find the prize hidden in the whipped cream game..
which some miss understood and just kept
 licking the cream until it was gone..
( which is what I would have done )
How about that foot in the
 air action guess it makes you go a little faster..lol

a HEY ride.. No not a HAY ride
 We had no hay so we just waved and yelled HEY
 to every John Deere tractor or truck that passed us along our way.
We had a ball... kids, adults and even the dogs

Even me, momma and my little sister Cricket got in on the sillyness

I think we succeeded in making lots of fun new memories..

I hope that your time spent with family and friends

 is filled with love, happiness and laughter,

 lots and lots of laughter..

Thank you for stopping by. 

I feel so blessed to be able to share my little world

 with such wonderful friends.. Each of you..

hugs, Cherry 

Surprise, Surprise, Surprise...

More like shocked..  I was strolling through Savannah Now .com's

Annual Holiday Event Guide and I came across this picture and my first thought was.. 

I love that house, I love Isle of Hope, I enjoyed that tour so much... 

and then I thought that looks like my picture and guess what it is...

Now how fun is that!

I am feeling mighty honored 

and I knew I had to share it with all of you 

because ya'll enjoy all the Home and Garden tours as much as I do..

If you have no plans yet for the evening of December the 7th

 come join us in Isle of Hope for this fabulous tour..

 Isle of Hope Christmas Tour of Homes 

St. Thomas Episcopal Church

Christmas Tour of Homes features five beautiful 

cottages and homes on historic Isle of Hope. 

There will be a reception and live holiday music throughout the event. 

All proceeds benefit Second Harvest Food Bank and the West Broad Street YMCA.

  if you would like to see pictures from the 2011 tour you can find them here

 "An Isle of Hope Christmas". 

Or if you would like to see all of my Isle of Hope stories you can start here 

Isle of Hope, Georgia

hugs and happy weekend ya'll, Cherry

Copper Canyon Daisy

Last year Pam Penick of the blog Digging 

told us all to plant Copper canyon daisy. 

Pam described it as 

"warm sunshine on a chilly autumn day."

Which is the perfect description.

 as I turned into the drive on this very gray gloomy day

I thought Oh that is what Miss Pam meant..

 it is glowing...

My pictures do not do it justices... 

Copper Canyon Daisy (Tagetes lemmonii)  

is a must have in my fall garden from here on out..

You can read all about it here on  Miss Pam's blog.

hugs ya'll, Cherry

Hello November...

Good morning all
November is here and it has brought some

 perfect weather... Chilly and sunny.

 I am getting so excited for the holiday's

This year I want to decorate everything.
Cook all kinds of goodies and really blow it out.

I'm not sure if it is because we have a new baby boy

 due in December or because we will be celebrating

 Christmas at my niece's "new" 100 year old home in the country

 or if my heart has finally healed enough to let me feel again..
( if you are new to the blog)

 I lost my brother, father in law and my father all within 19 months.

and that my friend will knock the wind out of your sail for sure..

They say Time heals all... Maybe maybe not,

but it has definitely helped...

Today I am sharing some pieces I did for baby Harrison's nursery
his mommy is doing it in a nautical theme and it has turned out so cute.

you can't really tell it in the picture but the rope is done in a crackled finish.

and this piece is one of my

 favorite lullaby's ever by
The Dixie Chicks
 I did a little rewording and shortened it
 but you can hear it in it's entirety here..

An evening with The Dixie Chicks - Godspeed

hugs ya'll have a wonderful day, Cherry

Thanksgivings is over and frost is on the way

Well I guess it is officially time to start thinking about Christmas with Thanksgiving being over.
It is going to be in the 70's today with lots of sunshine.  

Old Mr. frost is slipping in this evening so I am headed out to put the finishing touches on beds 

and moving plants into the potting shed.

There's still a few things going strong.

Clerodendrum indicum
Common Names: tubeflower, Turk's turban, skyrocket

Thunbergia ~ Clock Vine

The Royal Empress Tree

tall cigar plant, candy corn plant

Cassia flowers and a little friend

 double peach hibiscus

What a bird, it served us well..lol
I hope each of you had a wonderful Thanksgiving.
Ours was filled with lots of food, fun and family.
 Enjoy the rest of your weekend..
Please be safe if you are shopping or traveling.

hugs, Cherry

A day on the island ~ Isle of Hope, Georgia 5

Good morning we are at the same home as yesterday on the opposite side of the yard more behind the home
which is where we found the mother in law cottage

this is the right side of the house ..
love, love the mirror and the red bench..

back downstairs porch

Back upstairs porch

inside upstairs landing... yes I took a picture inside,
I just could not help myself..
That chandelier was calling my name..
We are heading through those doors out onto the upstairs front yard balcony

Where we saw some of the most magnificent views ever.
Think I am camping out right here forever....
well wait that studio in the back yard is pretty special also....
The currant home owners who bought the home in 2004 planted 13 Oak trees in honor of the homes address.

yep we are still hangout on the balcony ....

downstairs front porch area

downstairs front porch and landing

and I don't know why but I did not get a picture of the front of the home so here is one that I took last Christmas during the Christmas tour of homes which you can see more of here
 The rest of the beautiful Isle of Hope Christmas

Hope ya'll enjoyed have a great Monday everyone

hugs, Cherry

Day on the island ~ Isle of Hope, Georgia 4

Are ya'll ready to see the next house on the tour... 

Let's head on out here to the backyard
where we will find all sorts of pretties..
Yes the above picture is the back of this beautiful home

Welcome to Savannah Plush
I don't know a lot about Savannah Plush other than this workshop is awesome.. and the homeowners are the creative owners .. All of the pillows and
bags you see are theirs..
I could feel the creative energies just bouncing all around.
This place was made for creative souls to come alive..
They are still working on their web site you can read about their products here Savannah Plush                         

to the right of the workshop was beautiful sitting areas
and a big brick fireplace

I did not get a great picture of the fireplace
but do you see the sconces on it ...
They are grapes and some kind of gorgeous ...

isn't this beautiful .. I fell madly in love with
 all of the outdoor lighting ..

see told ya'll and there was 2 of them..
my girlfriend Bobbie would love these..

there was 3 or 4 different seating areas and lots of tables

Ta Da ...  my favorite piece of the day 

This piece was magnificent the pictures don't begin to show how awesome it really is..

An 1800's chicken coop original to the property..
Wish I had thought to sneak us a peek inside.

and lastly lots of cute little birdhouses hanging in a tree.. Which made me a little sad, my willow I lost this year had lots of little birdhouse chimes hanging in it
that I have really missed hearing....
Hope ya'll enjoyed..
 This was just the right side of the back yard ..lol
more tomorrow..
hugs and happy Sunday ya'll, Cherry

A play day in the Country

This was the first sight I saw as I rounded the corner
to my niece's home Saturday morning..
Her husband planted cotton for the first time this year...
As far as I could see was a sea of fluffy white cotton..


from across the pond the cotton looked like snow.

The purpose of this play day in the country was to try to get some pictures of my mom with my brother's grand babies..

Abbigail and her best friend Marley playing in the peanut hay her daddy grew this past summer.

It was a windy, cloudy day with a few rays of sun
 every so often

Pepper kept a close eye on us

Super dog

The cotton was lite as air ... Miss Maddie playing,
 hope she made a wish...

Taylor man sneakin some of uncle Mit Mit's cotton

Miss Bailey trying her best to hang onto hers.. the wind kept blowing it away.

after lots and lots of giggles

many funny faces from Mr. Kaiden

gobs of pictures


and a massive hay fight that I have to share more of with ya'll cause it was that awesome ....

I think we may have gotten some pretty pictures of momma with a few of her great grands.. 

I know my brother was sitting on one of those clouds with my daddy laugh and smiling the entire time.. 

Times like these are when I miss them the most ... 

Sending hugs and kisses to heaven and thanking the Lord above for every moment I get to spend with these sweet babies that are growing up way to quick...

Hope October was as sweet for each of you
 as it has been for me ..

Hello November ... hugs to each of you, Cherry