That old September feeling
by chuckofish
“Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.”
― George Eliot
How was your weekend? Mine was very low-key. The weather was lovely. I went estate sale-ing but actually found something at one of my favorite antique malls.
I have been looking for a small desk or work table for some time now. I found a nice old slant-top desk (and a chair) for a wonderful price and snatched them up. I had to go home and get our trusty Subaru to transport it and then asked the boy to come over and get it out of the Subaru and upstairs. He, as usual, was more than willing to do so. I sure do appreciate his man-strength and his good humor.
He also hung up a very large watercolor that I got at the Autumn Gallery Auction at our local auction house last week. It was their quarterly fancy auction as opposed to the monthly ones I usually go to. Sometimes I’ll just throw in a lowball silent bid to see what will happen and sometimes I win. Very exciting.
We moved some things around and that is always fun.
I went to church on Sunday (five weeks in a row!) and we celebrated St. Matthew’s Day and had our annual picnic. It was a beautiful sunny day–perfect for outdoor dining, bouncy houses and bar-b-que.
After doing some house cleaning and laundry, we wound down the day with these:
A perfect start to fall!
*The pictures from the church picnic are from the Grace church Facebook page.








Oh, I love your purchases! The desk and chair are perfect and the watercolor is cool, too. I bet it looks great in your den. I so want to go antiquing with you!
The painting does look great in the den and I really am enjoying it! SOMEDAY we will go antiquing together–hopefully in the near future!
Oh! I thought you took those pics–and succeeded in creepy out more than just one child!
NO. clearly I am not the ONLY creepy old lady/man at church!
The desk is FABULOUS! Here’s to getting lots of writing done now that you have a space!!
YES, that is my plan!
Sounds like the PERFECT weekend to me!! I’d love to go auctioning with you sometime…(or do anything at all with you!!)