Fall in the Pacific Northwest...If you can call it that!

Happy Fall Yall!
I LOVE decorating for fall! These will stay up until Thanksgiving. I add a few Halloween things about a week before the 31st, but they quickly come down the day after Halloween, when I will then add my Thanksgiving decorations. This is my front porch. Take a look over to the right at that little speck on the white board below my house numbers. He's our current house guest for the season. Here's a close up view...
Ain't he sweet! We look for him everyday. I'm fine with his visiting...as long as he stays OUTside! :)

I thought I'd share a few pics of fall in this area. I lived most of my life in North Carolina. My husband was born in Asheville, NC, and his family hails from the mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee. So it goes without saying that we would make a yearly trip to the mountains in mid October. The colors there were so vibrant, the apples were at their peak and the weather always seemed to be perfect during these trips.

Move ahead twenty years and now our falls are spent in the Pacific Northwest. Washington, to be specific...the EVERGREEN state. Don't get me wrong. This area is absolutely gorgeous and I love it here. But I'm having to find a "different" beauty in the fall season. So yesterday we decided to take a day trip to see a bit of fall in the great Pacific Northwest. Our search for some color...or maybe not!

First of all, the weather started out a little misty. But when you think about it, this is perfect weather for the backdrop here. The water settles on the tips of the evergreens and just sparkles. We decided to drive through Mt. Rainier and down to a little town called Packwood, where there was a little craft show going on. The mountains had a slight fog waffling through them. I've always loved fog in the mountains...such a cozy feeling.
And here I actually found a little color!

I stopped at this little "babbling brook". I could have sat here and listened to it for hours! Nothing but green here. So I drove further in search of some color.

But this was about it for the color. Still, the drive through Mt. Rainier did not disappoint. It was still beautiful! We went on to Packwood and I picked up a few things at the craft show.

I love these Thanksgiving stacking boxes I got. Not handmade, but a great price. From there we drove over the mountains to Yakima...apple country! It was a beautiful drive along a pretty river.

We stopped at this beautiful waterfall.

Once we reached the other side of the mountains the skies turned blue and the sun popped out. We stopped at a couple of fruit stands and a couple of antique shops before heading back home to the west side of the mountains.

No, it's not the color found in other parts of the country, but it still has it's own beauty. And no matter where I live, the fall season will always be my favorite. I love decorating for fall...I think even more than decorating for Christmas. I love the colors of fall and my house is decorated mostly in these colors. So fall just fits in well. Here are a few pics of my fall decorations...

I love this old looking wood scoop. I've got one of my plaid pumpkins sitting in it.

This is my front foyer.

Okay...I KNOW this picture is lop sided. But I wanted to take a picture in the dark so you could see how pretty this pumpkin lights up. And to do so without it being blurry, I had to sit my camera flat on the stair rail so it wouldn't move. Anyway...you get the jest. :)

And a few of my favorite pieces.

I am finishing up my fall orders and will be moving on to Christmas. I hope to have a few things listed on my website starting this Friday. Here's a sneak peak at one of my newest Christmas tucks. Just LOVE these little fellows!

Hope you enjoyed a little of our fall in this corner of the country. Hope to see you back on Friday! Happy Fall! ~~Annie