Check me out! + Wheezy Wednesday

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And it's Wednesday so of course I have to share another picture of my beautiful bulldog, Wheezy!


I love this photo for so many reasons! For one thing, it is a photo of Wheez AND Ms. Batista. For another...I mean look at their faces!! Wheezy is yawning and kitty is licking away. The shadows don't make it the prettiest of photos but it is one of my favorites :)

New York....Part One!!

2 weeks ago the BF and I went to visit his sister who lives in
Queens. It has been quite a few years since both of us have been to NYC so we
decided to do as much walking and 'touristy' stuff as we could. We spent several
hours in Center Park and the carousel in particular really caught my attention.
It has such beautiful detail and arcitecture.I did some reasearch and
learned that the famed Carousel is the fourth to stand in Central Park since
1871. A live mule or a horse, hidden beneath the Carousel platform, powered the
original ride from 1873 until 1924. The animals were taught to start and stop
when the operator tapped his foot on the floor!The next two Carousels were
destroyed by fire, the first in 1924 and its successor in 1950. Searching for a
replacement, the Parks Department discovered the current vintage Carousel
abandoned in an old trolley terminal on Coney Island. The Brooklyn firm Stein
& Goldstein crafted the piece in 1908, and it remains one of the largest
carousels in the United States and finest examples of American folk art. In
1990, the Central Park Conservancy restored the Carousel landscape and
surrounding plaza. Each horse is also being restored.

There are horses (of course!) but a lot of other pretty animals
The fence surrounding the carousel was my favorite!

Doesn't it just look magical!? :)

Happy Halloween!!!!

From the cutest pets around..... ;)

I've Got That Fall Feeling....

I have been decorated for Fall/Halloween for WEEKS now (actually proud how early I got it done this year!) but hadn't shared my decor yet because I was finding it very difficult to get a good picture of my mantel. The lighting just never seemed right and I hate using the flash, especially for my mantel photos because the wall behind is a mirror.
Anyway, that is my excuse but I finally feel I got some acceptable shots so here they are!!

I am ALL about the details as opposed to the bigger picture......

I thought it would be fun to add in a few cameras from my collection & surround them with leaves, indian corn and pumpkins.

I also made a fun centerpiece for my dining room table. I have had this amazing terrarium type thing for a few months and just hadn't done anything with it yet. As I was trying to decide what do to for a centerpiece it caught my eye and I thought it would be cool to fill it with a few pumpkins.

I added these 2 little gnomes. I thought they were a fun little detail. I found these little guys in an antique store. They had a box full of them. The story was that they were dug up out of the ground somewhere in Germany outside an old toy factory. These most have been the 'misfits'.

Sorry for the picture heavy post. I hope you didn't mind :) I was just excited so share my fall decor. Fall is my favorite!! :) And the nice thing is that after Halloween all I really have to do is take down the black cat garland (which I purchased at Target for $1!) and the decorations can go through Thanksgiving!

The weekend

Here are just a few quick shots from the weekend....It has been a festive fall kind of weekend! Friday we went to a local farm with my sister, bro in law and my nieces & nephew. Saturday we went to 2 fall festivals about an hour from where we live and today we carved our pumpkins.

I LOVE FALL!! :)

Wheezy Wednesday

Wheezy checking out the neighborhood from behind the safety of a screen door :)

Fall Decor Inspiration

I have been searching around the interwebs and Pinterest for some fall decor ideas...and boy did I find lots of great stuff! Below are just some of the things I found that have inspired me and have sort of influenced the way I have decorated around my house.....
I am hoping to have photos of my own fall decor up soon!

Source: bhg.com via Hollie on Pinterest

Source: bhg.com via Hollie on Pinterest

Source: cleanandscentsible.blogspot.com via Hollie on Pinterest

Source: thriftydecorchick.blogspot.com via Hollie on Pinterest

Source: bhg.com via Hollie on Pinterest

Source: hwtm.com via Hollie on Pinterest

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