Deckorating Embellished- Fairy Garden

I ended up embellishing my "deckorating" a bit more with some straw bales, more gourds, pumpkins and Indian corn.  I do this for me- I view it daily from the kitchen dining area.

I clustered three pieces together with twine and then stuck one through the side.  Dan figures I will have either squirrels or raccoons eating them up but so far nothing has happened.

Our Home Depot gets in these mini bales of straw (shipped from New Jersey) so I got two this year and staged one of the mums on a plant stand to the rear and added a scarecrow I found in the garage.  He has a little black bird on his left shoulder.

I emptied the blue chair and added a few more pumpkins and gourds.  The little white ones appeared on my last tablescape.  The scarecrow is made of metal and glass.  Last year I had it in a different spot and the sun would light up his face as seen in the picture below.

Fall 2016

Summer 2016 Fairy Garden

 I tore my fairy garden apart.  I do this every year because of our snow load.  

I don't know if I'm going to put it back here again for several reasons.  My little brain is cooking up ideas for next year already.  I will cut the Annabelle Hydrangea down real short for the winter.  I did save a bunch of cuttings from this before they turned brown.

I rinsed things down and will store everything in containers.  This year I invested in some plastic storage containers instead of the usual cardboard boxes that I've used in the past.  I've ended up with a few fairies with broken parts in the spring due to overcrowding. 

While trying to remove this fairy that was next to the little tree stump I ended up with a whole cluster of the mushrooms that came with her. The mushrooms grew right around her and even one of the artificial flowers had become attached too.  I think she's saying "what can you do?".  I'm going to save her like this and see how it looks next spring- minus the pink flower.

I was walking the yard and thought I'd share this view of the new garden I created in September as seen "here".  This gives a better sense of the depth and a more interesting view of it. 

I hope you are enjoying this fall season.  It seems like the colors are coming on in a normal fashion.  At first I was worried we'd have a fast color change but it's coming along nicely.  There isn't enough to take pictures of just yet but I hope to share some pictures of the beauty in our area soon!

Our backyard around Halloween 2015