October 13th, 2008
“I love this time of the year, the beginning of the holiday seasons, as I call it. In my town as soon as the new school year starts, the holiday decorations go up in all the stores and the shopping starts. Halloween, the first, is one of my favorites. I enjoy the orange, yellow, brown colors of the flowers and decorations that fill the store shelves and craft shops. I have the benefit of decorating my home with all of the traditional colors and bask in the beauty all around me for the whole month. There are always new items to investigate while shopping so I can make changes, create new arrangements, and expand ideas from last year, for a new Halloween celebration. My decorations go up on the first day of October so I can enjoy the floral designs with all my friends. I drag out my Halloween boxes from last year and start pulling out all my beloved treasures to decorate and after I am done, I am off to look for new pieces and create new designs. I love the pumpkin centerpiece with the orange candle in the middle for my kitchen table. The covered wagon has become my most prize piece with the orange and yellow flowers poking out the back and Mr. Pumpkin setting up front ready to ride. Those beautiful sunflowers with their big brown middle gives me a warm fuzzy when I set them in the middle of a floral arrangement or grace a few of them in my front door wreath to welcome my guest. Each year it is a different wreath because I like to donate last years. I like change from time to time and the yard decorations are just as fulfilling to create as the inside. Each year I add a few new items to please the trick-or-treaters, and I thrill to see there little faces light up when they come to my door and I can tell they are as excited as ever to see the festivities.”
