Ann Arbor Road Trip

My older son lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and last year the Headmaster and I decided to take a road trip there to see him.  We went just as the leaves were changing colors--what a beautiful journey!  A few pictures of that adventure follow (I think I may have included some of these before in other posts).  Hope you enjoy them!

The famous Zingerman's Deli...

A wonderful Farmer's Market, The Produce Station...

Muriel's in Ludington...

A deer family feasting on another family's lawn...

We had driven to Ann Arbor via the UP of Michigan, then across the Mackinac Bridge.  On the way back, we chose to let the USS Badger do the driving for us (and guess who's car was the FIRST one off?)!

Thanks for coming along on the trip!

Inspire Me Monday ~ Create With Joy

Masterpiece Monday ~ Boogieboard Cottage

Mop It Up Monday ~ I Should Be Mopping The Floor

Debbiedoo's Newbie Party ~ Debbiedoo's

Mosaic Monday ~ The Little Red House

Show Me What You Got ~ Our Delightful Home

Metamorphosis Monday ~ Between Naps on the Porch

A Return to Lovliness ~A Delightsome Life

Nifty Thrifty Tuesday  Coastal Charm 

Time to Shine ~ A Diamond in the Stuff 

Table Top Tuesday ~ A Stroll Thru Life 

One Project at a Time ~ A Bowl Full of Lemons

Tuesday's Treasures ~ My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia

Show Me What Ya Got ~ Not JUST a Housewife

Be Inspired ~ Elizabeth & Co.

Wordless Wednesday ~ Create With Joy

What's It Wednesday ~ Ivy and Elephants

Primp Your Stuff Wednesday ~ Primp

Wow Us Wednesday ~ Savvy Southern Style 

Show & Share ~ Southern Lovely

Home Sweet Home ~ The Charm of Home

Home and Garden Thursday ~ A Delightsome Life
Tips and Tutorials ~ Stone Gable

Potpourri Friday ~ 2805

Vintage Inspiration ~ Common Ground

It's Fall, Y'all~ Thrifty Decor Chick

My Romantic Home  ~Show and Tell Friday

Furniture Feature Friday ~ Miss Mustard Seed

Flaunt It Friday ~ Chic on a Shoestring

Saturday Nite Special ~ Funky Junk Interiors

My Favorite Thing ~ Mockingbird Hill Cottage

Under the Table and Dreaming ~ Sunday Showcase

Sunday's Best Party ~ My 1929 Charmer

It's Party Time ~ It's So Very Cheri

The Tablescaper ~ Seasonal Sundays

Song Without Words...Silent Sunday #2

Thanks be to God for providing this beautiful bounty for a recent table setting.
I hope that you will enjoy!

Inspire Me Monday @ Create With Joy

Masterpiece Monday @ Boogieboard Cottage

Mop It Up Monday @ I Should Be Mopping The Floor
Debbiedoo's Newbie Party @ Debbiedoo's

Mosaic Monday @ The Little Red House

Show Me What You Got @ Our Delightful Home

Sunday Showcase @ Under the Table and Dreaming

Nifty Thrifty Tuesday @ Coastal Charm 

Time to Shine @ A Diamond in the Stuff 

Table Top Tuesday @ A Stroll Thru Life 

One Project at a Time @ A Bowl Full of Lemons

Tuesday's Treasures @ My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia

Show Me What Ya Got@Not JUST a Housewife

Be Inspired @ Elizabeth & Co.

Wordless Wednesday @ Create With Joy

What's It Wednesday @ Ivy and Elephants

Primp Your Stuff Wednesday @ Primp

Wow Us Wednesday @ Savvy Southern Style 

Show & Share @ Southern Lovely

Home Sweet Home @ The Charm of Home

Home and Garden Thursday @ A Delightsome Life

Potpourri Friday ~ 2805
Vintage Inspiration ~ Common Ground
It's Fall, Y'all~ Thrifty Decor Chick

My Romantic Home  ~Show and Tell Friday

Furniture Feature Friday ~ Miss Mustard Seed

Flaunt It Friday ~ Chic on a Shoestring

Saturday Nite Special @ Funky Junk Interiors

My Favorite Thing ~ Mockingbird Hill Cottage

Under the Table and Dreaming ~ Sunday Showcase

Sunday's Best Party @ My 1929 Charmer

It's Party Time @ It's So Very Cheri

The Tablescaper ~ Seasonal Sundays

Come Sit Under the Apple Tree!

On a beautiful morning in northeast Wisconsin, I decided to set a table under our very old and very large apple tree.

Here at our Wisconsin house/cottage, I have very little in the way of good china, but this set that I do have, with its rich jewel-tone colors, simply screams fall to me!

I took the really cheap and ugly old round table from the deck, hauled it out to the side yard, and covered it with a drop cloth.  Apples were literally falling all around me as I set up the table!  Instant table decor!

Aside from the colors, one reason I like this china is the ability to go monochromatic...

...or mix the colors (which is what I prefer)!

The runner has all the colors of the china (a happy coincidence)!

The centerpiece is a bunch of in-the-process-of-drying hydrangeas that I managed to save (there were lots of blossoms this year, but so little rain).  The colors are so pretty, even as they dry.

You are welcome to come by and sit under the apple tree; we'd love to have you!

China from The Winterthur Store (ages ago)

Stems from Kohl's

Runner from Pier One (ages ago)

I'll be visiting some of these great gatherings this week:

Inspire Me Monday @ Create With Joy

Make it Pretty Monday ~ The Dedicated House 

Masterpiece Monday @ Boogieboard Cottage

Mop It Up Monday @ I Should Be Mopping The Floor
Debbiedoo's Newbie Party @ Debbiedoo's

Mosaic Monday @ The Little Red House

Show Me What You Got @ Our Delightful Home

Metamorphosis Monday ~ Between Naps on the Porch

Nifty Thrifty Tuesday @ Coastal Charm 

Time to Shine @ A Diamond in the Stuff 

Table Top Tuesday @ A Stroll Thru Life 

Tuesday Link Party @ A Bowl Full of Lemons

Knick of Time Tuesday @ Knick of Time

Tuesday's Treasures @ My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia

Show Me What Ya Got@Not JUST a Housewife

Be Inspired @ Elizabeth & Co.

Centerpiece Wednesday ~ The Style Sisters

Wordless Wednesday @ Create With Joy

What's It Wednesday @ Ivy and Elephants

Primp Your Stuff Wednesday @ Primp

Wow Us Wednesday @ Savvy Southern Style
Let's Dish ~ Cuisine Kathleen 

Show and Tell @ Blue Cricket Design

Open House Party @ No Minimalist Here

Show & Share @ Southern Lovely

Home Sweet Home @ The Charm of Home
Home and Garden Thursday @ A Delightsome Life
Share Your Creations ~ Kristen's Creations

Tablescape Thursday ~ Between Naps on the Porch

Chic on a Shoestring ~ Flaunt It Friday

My Romantic Home  ~Show and Tell Friday

Porpourri Friday ~ 2805
Vintage Inspiration ~ Common Ground

Flaunt It Friday ~ Chic on a Shoestring

Saturday Nite Special @ Funky Junk Interiors

Under the Table and Dreaming ~ Sunday Showcase

Sunday's Best Party @ My 1929 Charmer

It's Party Time @ It's So Very Cheri

The Tablescaper ~ Seasonal Sundays

A Peony For Your Thoughts

Although there has been precious little rain here lately, things are really filling out (thanks to copious amounts of watering!).  I thought you might like to see what is bloomin' around here (since I have nothing else to share at the moment!).  So...without further ado, here are some of the stars around here:

Those of you who have these lovely plants know how sweet the scent is.  They bloomed so fast that I didn't have time to bring any inside; but, they did put on a show for the neighborhood!

The boxes on the deck are filling in nicely; I couldn't bring myself to shear back that beautiful trailing lobellia!

The Asiatic lilies are popping out, too; these are the first!

The clematis is full of buds and blooms!

The Annabelle hydrangea is thinking about blooming soon!

The apples are actually getting ready for fall, way up high in the old apple tree!

A butterfly stopped by to perch on the shadow of a leaf on the wall of the old chicken coop!

And the fuschia is happy on an old cherry picking ladder under that old apple tree!

I hope that all of you are having a fabulous weekend!  The Headmaster and I are taking off this aft up the Peninsula to see a production of  "Opus" at Peninsula Players!  It's one of our favorite things to do in the summer!

The Headmistress will be attending some of these fabulous gatherings this week; thanks to all of the lovely and talented hostesses!

Under the Table and Dreaming ~ Sunday Showcase
Sunday's Best Party @ My 1929 Charmer

It's Party Time @ It's So Very Cheri

The Tablescaper ~ Seasonal Sunday

Between Naps on the Porch ~ Metamorphosis Monday
Debbie-Doos Newbie Party

Mop it Up Mondays ~ I Should Be Mopping the Floor 

Masterpiece Monday @ Boogieboard Cottage

Amaze Me Monday @ Dittle Dattle

Metamorphosis Monday @ Between Naps on the Porch

Making The World Cuter Monday @ Making The World Cuter

Mingle Monday @ Add a Pinch

Show Off Your Cottage Monday @ The House in the Roses

Bedazzle me Monday @Everything Under the Moon
Creative Mondays @ Judy H-J's Thoughts - A Twinless

Show Me What You Got @ Our Delightful Home
Dear Lillie Link Party @ Dear Lillie
Just A Party with My Peeps @ How to Nest for Less
Cowgirl Up @ The Farmhouse Porch
It's Show Off Monday @ Kampen Lane

A Stroll Through Life ~ Tabletop Tuesday

Nifty Thrifty Tuesday @ Coastal Charm 

Time to Shine @ A Diamond in the Stuff 
Tuesday Cuppa Tea@ Antiques and Teacups 
Table Top Tuesday @ A Stroll Thru Life 
Talent Tuesday @ Vintage Wanna Bee

Twice Owned Tuesday @ Creating a House of Grace

Tuesday Link Party @ A Bowl Full of Lemons

Knick of Time Tuesday @ Knick of Time

Tuesday's Treasures @ My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia

Anything Goes @ Type A

Club G.W. @ Charm Bracelet Diva 
Show Me What Ya Got@Not JUST a Housewife
Inspiration Board @ Homework
Rock 'N Share @ The Shady Porch
Be Inspired @ Elizabeth & Co.

Savvy Southern Style ~Wow Us Wednesday
Ivy and Elephants ~ What's It Wednesday
Cuisine Kathleen ~ Let's Dish

Works for Me Wednesday @ We are THAT Family

Primp Your Stuff Wednesday @ Primp
White Wednesday @ Faded Charm 
Wednesday Link Party @ Very Merry Vintage Style
Wow Us Wednesday @ Savvy Southern Style 
Show and Tell @ Blue Cricket Design

Open House Party @ No Minimalist Here

Create and Share @ Trendy Treehouse
Link It Up Wednesday @ Junk in Their Trunk
Sugar & Spice @ Seven Thirty Three
Show & Share @ Southern Lovely

Between Naps on the Porch ~ Tablescape Thursday
Catch a Glimpse Thursday ~ A Glimpse Inside

Treasure Hunt Thursday @ From My Front Porch to Yours

Time Travel Thursday @ Brambleberry Cottage 
Catch a Glimpse Thursday @ A Glimpse Inside

Creative Things Thursday @ The Vintage Farmhouse

Vintage Thingie Thursday @ The Coloradolady

Pearls and Lace Thursday @ Faith, Grace, and Crafts

Pin'Inspirational Thursday @ The ArtsyGirl Connection

Thrifty Thursday @ Tales from Bloggeritaville 
Cute & Creative @ Dumpster Diva

Home Sweet Home @ The Charm of Home

Coffee & Conversation @ Passionately Perfect
Thrift'n On a Thursday @ Savvy City Farmer 
Debbiedoo's Newbie Party @ Debbiedoo's
Thursday Favorite Things @ Katherine's Corner
Home and Garden Thursday @ A Delightsome Life
Creative Thursday @ Michelle's Tasty Creations and Crafty Ideas

Chic on a Shoestring ~ Flaunt It Friday
My Romantic Home  ~Show and Tell Friday
Flaunt It Friday ~ Chic on a Shoestring
Foodie Friday ~ Designs by Gollum

Air Your Laundry Friday @ Freckled Laundry

Show and Tell Friday @ My Romantic Home

Fridays Unfolded @ Stuff and Nonsense

Vintage Inspiration Friday @ Common Ground

Feathered Nest Friday @ French Country Cottage

Inspiration Friday @ At The Picket Fence

Flaunt it Friday @ Chic on a Shoestring Decorating

Friday Flair @ Whipper Berry

Feature Yourself Friday@ Finger Prints on the Fridge

Farmhouse Friday @ LaurieAnna's Vintage Home
Thrifty Things Friday @ The Thrifty Groove
Potpourri Party @ 2805

Funky Junk Interiors ~ Saturday Night Special

Homemaking Link-Up Weekend @ Hope in Every Season
Saturday Nite Special @ Funky Junk Interiors
Say G'Day Linky Party @ Natasha in Oz