Fall Potting Table

When the snows are finally gone in the Spring, one of my favorite things to do is to clean my patio area and get my potting table ready for Spring and Summer. It takes a lot of cleaning but it's so much fun when it is up and running and decorated. Towards the end of the summer, it starts to look pretty rough around the edges. I am tired of looking at the summer decorations and as I dream about the arrival of Fall, there is nothing better than preparing the potting table for Autumn. I have a very close relationship with my potting table. In some ways it is my inanimate twin. It's old and a bit rickety (I think it is actually a whole lot older than I am!). It has strong bones and supports a lot of weight (this is a metaphor, I am not fat). It weathers the seasons, though I know it prefers Fall. It likes to be covered in pumpkins....me too! Well, you get the point. My potting table is a reflection of me. We both need a thorough cleaning once in a while and some new clothes!

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It was time to spruce up the area around the sink too.

So, I dragged out some cauldrons and the owl collection.

This is one of the main reasons I love thrifting as much as I do. I find owls for less than two dollars all of the time. It costs hardly anything to decorate outside and if anything breaks it's no big deal.

So I put the owl collection in and around the big bird cage.

They like it there.

I can't wait for pumpkins and gourds to hit the stores.

I have my large cast pumpkin from last year sitting with the small morels.

Aren't these guys a hoot. (Sorry, couldn't help myself!)

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