Witching You A Very Haunted Halloween

We are just about ready for Halloween and are hosting a small Halloween party for our grandsons. Witch sisters: Trixie, Dixie and Peach are ready for some fun.

A small candle in a rustic metal jack-o-lantern is a glow.

A scary "BOO" may  be heard as the guests enter the room.

Matchbook drawers are filled with Halloween goodies.

The brew has been steaming and ready to pour. 

Deadly Morsels and Twisted Treats plates plus Halloween decor will set the mood for a fun party. 

A skeleton clock will allow time to fly by as the evening progresses.

Dried hydrangeas, black roses, and Halloween stems fill a crystal vase tied with orange and white plaid ribbon. 

There you have it friends. Here's to "Witching You A  Very Haunted Halloween."

Thanks for stopping by for another day of Life in Kentucky - Judy. 

Great parties I am linking to:

Amaze Me Monday @ Dwellings

Met Monday @ Between Naps on the Porch

Mosaic Monday @ Normandy Life on Sunday evening

Inspire Me Tuesday @ A Stroll Thru Life on Tuesday

The Scoop @ Stone Gable Blog

You're Gonna Love It Tuesday @ Kathe With an E

Tweak It Tuesday @ Cozy Little House

Fall into Fall@ DIY by Design

Wow Us Wednesdays @ Savvy Southern Style on Tuesday evening

Halloween Tablescape Link Party @ the Painted Apron, Life and Linda, Rustic & Refined, DIY180, My Kentucky Living

Share Your Cup Thursday @ Have A Cup of Mrs. Olson on Wed. evenings 

Share Your Style Link Party @ 21 Rosemary Lane on Wed. evenings
Thoughts of Home on Thursday @ White Spray Paint

Favorite Things Thursday @ Katherine's Corner

Home and Garden Thursday @ A Delightsome Life
Grace at Home @ Imparting Grace

Simple & Sweet Fridays @ Rooted in Thyme

Tablescape Thursday @ Between Naps on the Porch

Table It Link Party @ Life and Linda

Inspiration Monday @ Our Southern Home 

Dishing It and Digging It @ Rustic & Refined on Sundays

 

Barns, Blooms, and Birds - Wk 10

I'm bringing you another post in my barns, blooms, and birds series. I was just about out of barn pics to share with you but my husband and I drove around some county roads in our Ranger over the weekend.

Barns . . .

Since we are officially intoFall now, I have a great red barn to share with   you. Love how it's just sitting in a field surrounded by soybeans.

I don't usually share two barns, but today I am. This barn is a small one but has a great looking barn quilt that I think you will enjoy. 

Blooms . . .

At the back of our property, some orange jewelweed caught my eye.

I read that the Jewelweed was used to treat poison ivy rashes. 

Wild black-eyed susan was growing along a road when we were out driving around.

Ragweed - allergy pills needed. 

Weeds with pink blooms.

Mums in bloom for fall.

I'm seeing wooly worms crawling around.

Birds . . . 

First I want to say thanks to my birding friends for helping me identify this sweet bird. It was my first time to see a Northern Parula Warbler. It's not a great pic, I had the wrong camera in my hand but I sure was excited to see him.

Other birds in my yard included: 

I would say this is a female cardinal but her coloring is just a bit different that the other females I see.

Row 1: Female cardinal, goldfinch, female ruby-throated hummingbird (they are gone now); 
Row 2:  tufted titmouse, mourning dove, not sure of row 2 number 3; 

Row 3: female downy woodpecker,  Carolina chickadee, and white-breasted nuthatch. 

Male Northern Cardinal

That's it for this week. Thanks for stopping by for another day of Life in Kentucky - Judy. 

Linking to:

Amaze Me Monday @ Dwellings

Met Monday @ Between Naps on the Porch

Mosaic Monday @ Normandy Life on Sunday evening

Nature Notes @ Rambling Woods on Monday

Our World @ Our World Tuesday Meme

Inspire Me Tuesday @ A Stroll Thru Life on Tuesday

The Scoop @ Stone Gable Blog

Wednesday Around the World @ Photographing New Zealand

Wow Us Wednesday @ Savvy Southern on Tuesday evening

Outdoor Wednesday @ A Southern Daydreamer

Wild Bird Wednesday @ Paying Ready Attention Gallery

Nature Notes @ Rambling Woods
The Homesteader Hop @ Floyd Family Homestead

Share Your Cup Thursday @ Have A Cup of Mrs. Olson on Wed. evenings 

Share Your Style Link Party @ 21 Rosemary Lane on Wed. evenings

Share Your Style Link Party @ The Essence of Home on Thursday evening

Simple & Sweet Fridays @ Rooted in Thyme

Home and Garden Thursday @ A Delightsome Life

Simple & Sweet Fridays @ Rooted in Thyme on Wednesday evening

Share Your Cup Thursday @ Have A Cup of Mrs. Olson

Foodie Friday & Everything Else @ Rattlebridge Farm on Thursday evening

Photo Friday @ Pierced Wonderings

Saturday's Critters @ Viewing Nature with Eileen on Saturday

Camera Critters on Saturday

I'd Rather Be Birdin' on Saturday at noon

Tom's Barn Collective @ The Backroad Traveler on Sunday

Autumn Table - in blues & rust

Although the calendar says it's fall, we are still having very warm days. 

Even though it is warm, we are enjoying our deck and I have set a table that is reflective of an autumn table.

 I love putting the blue, rust and orange stack of plates and bowl together. 

The bowl is calico blue by Churchill.

The lidded pumpkin jar simply says made in China but is a great knockoff of the Churchill bowl. I hadn't thought that it was a pumpkin until I designed the table and saw it had indented ridges running up and down plus the stem just like a pumpkin. 

The dark orange pumpkin plate is by Pottery Barn. The bright sun is certainly filtering through the birch trees creating interesting shadows on the table. 

You have seen the blue water goblets around blogland for years; they add such a pretty punch of color to accompany the calico blues.

Also in the stack is a cobalt blue Fiesta ware salad plate and a rust color dinner plate by Norfolk. 

The napkins are navy blue Hemstitch from Pier 1 and the napkin ring is also Pier 1 several years ago. The flatware is by Oneida.

I bet you have already noticed the square cloth for the table.  It is an oversized napkin by Ridgefield Home and made in India. It has such a beautiful design and edge. 

Thanks for stopping by for another day of Life in Kentucky - Judy. 

Linking to:

Tablescape Thursday @ Between Naps on the Porch

Favorite Things Thursday @ Katherine's Corner

Help Me Identify This Bird

Friends, I need some help identifying this bird. He was in the birch trees by my deck where my feeders are handing but he did not come to any of the feeders. He was just flitting around on the branches. He was very small (maybe 3-4 inches) but a little larger than a hummingbird. 

He was terribly hard to photograph plus I didn't have my camera with the zoom at hand. 

Thanks for your help. Remember, I live in Kentucky - Judy

Saturday's Critters @ Viewing Nature with Eileen on Saturday

Camera Critters on Saturday

I'd Rather Be Birdin' on Saturday at noon

Biltmore Breakfast Room

If you have never been to Asheville, North Carolina, it is worth your while to go and visit the Biltmore Estates. Today, I am sharing the Breakfast Room at Biltmore; it was one of my favorite rooms.

The lighting was not good, so my images aren't the best. You can still see the grandness of this room. The breakfast room was only for breakfast and not for dinner parties. 

I read there are three generations of china and crystal stored in Biltmore House, and much of it is more than 100 years old. The china is stored in glass cupboards in the two-story Butler's Pantry. 

The guide said they ate breakfast and some luncheons in this room. Can you imagine sitting down to this gorgeous table? What an honor that must have been! BTW the flowers are all fresh and grown on the estate.

I am sure you are noticing the white linens on the table. I'm not sure if the china on the table is the fine china from the Biltmore collections. It may stay in the butler's pantry since it is so fragile and old.

I couldn't get a shot of the entire room on my iPhone so I have borrowed an image from Romantic Asheville.com  to share with you.

I did get a pic of the ornate ceiling. There were so many people of the tour, it was difficult to take pics and the lighting made it worse. At least they did allow pictures to be taken. 

Now you have visited the gorgeous Breakfast Room at the Biltmore Estate. I'll share more of this trip soon. Thanks for stopping by - Judy.

Great parties I am linking to:

Met Monday @ Between Naps on the Porch

OMHG Wonderful Wednesday

All About Home @ Follow the Yellow Brick Home and Common Ground on Monday at 6 pm

Through My Lens on Monday

Pictorial Potpourri Tuesday @ Peabea

Inspire Me Tuesday @ A Stroll Thru Life

Tuesdays With A Twist @ God's Growing Garden 

Tuesday Turn About @ My Wee Abode, Thistle Key Lane, Blue Sky at Home on Tuesday at 6 pm

Wonderful Wednesday @ Ducks in a Row on Tuesday evening

My Corner of the World @ Photographing New Zealand on Wednesday

Karins Kottage Link Party @ Karins Kottage

Share Your Style @ French Ethereal on Wednesday at 6 pm

Thankful Thursday @ It's a Small Town Life

Funtastic Link Party @ Two Chicks and A Mom on Thursday 9pm

Little Things Thursday @ Random-osity

Thursday Favorite Things @ Katherine's Corner

FLORAL FRIDAY FOTOS on Thursday

Grace at Home @ The Charm of Home on Thursday 

Fabulous Link Party @ Peacock Ridge Farm, Living Large in a Small House, South House Designs, & Vintage Home Designs on Friday

Friendship Friday Blog Hop @ Create With Joy

Floral Bliss on Friday

A Morning Cup of Joe @ The Cottage Market on Friday

Farm House Friday @ County Road 407

Friday With Friends @ My Hubbard Home

Saturday Sparks @ Pieced Pastimes on Friday

Pink Saturday @ How Sweet the Sound on Friday

Garden Affair @ Jaipur Garden 

Mosaic Monday @ Letting Go of the Bay Leaf on Sunday

Love Your Creativity Link Party @ Life and Linda on Sunday at 2pm

Sundays on Silverado @ The House on Silverado

Inspire Me Monday @ Create With Joy on Sunday

Busy Monday @ A Pinch of Joy on Sundays at 5pm