Storybook Cottage

Happy Halloween Everyone!!!!

Are you ready for some Halloween fun?

Daniel, Alexis and the rest of us

at Storybook Cottage

wish

all of you a fun and safe Hallows Eve......

hugs....

Thanks for stopping by today....

Scarecrow and Harvest Festival Fall Fun

Today I'm joining with Tracie and friends at the Fishtail Cottage

Fall Decor Party!!!

This past weekend our family  packed our

minivan and spent the weekend in Cambria, CA for their annual

Scarecrow and Harvest Festival.

We were greeted by the

Cambria High School *Scary* Marching Band

as we entered the

west village on Main Street.  

We met Miss Tourist

along the way in front of the Cambria Chamber of Commerce.

Looks like she has a good start on her

Christmas shopping!

This over-sized crow may have something *scary* to crow about...

But this one can carry a note......

Here is a representation of *Scarecrow* from the 1939 film.

Anybody remember the name of this film?  

Hint...his friends were Dorothy, Tin Man , and the Cowardly Lion.

 *Scarecrow* gardener from Cambria Nursery

Sunny *Scarecrow* 

The following *Scarecrows* are of a different sort.  

They are not what most folks would describe as  traditional *scarecrows*

Some could be labeled whimsical, others historical, fictional, exotic, touristic or realistic.

They all added to the wonderful spirit of the Harvest Festival. 

 

Cambria Dentists

Check out the drill!!!

The local Skin Care specialist...

Local teens with tourist....

My husband John with ???  Can you guess???

Exotic, by *Victoria's Last Resort*

Meet Lady Gowa....

*Scary* Knitter

Candy man...yum

Fictional characters...

Harry Potter, Rubeus Hagrid, and Hedwig the owl 

*Scary habits* first place winner along with Daniel, Alexis , and John.

Touristic....Meet Thelma and Louise...

Farmer

 

Cat Lady..check out the fingers....

Lawn Mower Man, *I'd Rather be golfing* 

Everywhere we turned there was always another character to photo.  

There were so many more.  

Cambria is a small beach community large in creativity and community spirit.  

The Scarecrow and Harvest Festival 2011 ends at the end of October.

There is still time and if not this year, next time 2012!

Thank you Cambria for all the fun:-)))  

Thanks for stopping by my blog today................Leave a comment tell me what you think about all of this.

 

 

Loving Fall weather...How About You?

Saying goodbye

to the summer heat in Southern California has never been a problem

for anyone with garden love.  

 

I came close to the same feeling

this past summer with the the Storybook Cottage garden.

It has the advantage of a perfect location...

Central Coast California...

ocean daytime breezes,  

cool nights.  

Soooo..... what is all this fuss about?

Gardens need water!!!  

Our water was turned off by our gardeners for weeks.  

The plants along the sidewalk are on a drip system.  

The rest of the garden is composed of tall pines and oaks native to the area. 

Not a lot of water is needed but they do need a little:-(((

We visit the Storybook Cottage on an average of every 4 to 6 weeks. 

 What only weeks before

had been a magazine cover garden ready for any fundraising tour ....

We arrived to

a sweet little cottage in the woods now surrounded by

 dead and dying plants!!!!@#@#@#

Soo...easy solution right...no wrong.  

When we turned the drips on,

we noticed that it had been turned off due to a broken pipe.

The broken pipe is now fixed and

I've been promised replacements at no cost to me:-)))

Keeping my fingers crossed....

 

 Time to tell you about something fun!

We will visit the Storybook Cottage

this weekend

for Cambria's annual 

Scarecrow Festival.  

You can click here for more info on this festival.  

I'll return with lots of wonderful photos and

I'm sure my garden will greet me with a-not-so-thirsty smile:-)))

Hugs and Happy October.....

Leave a comment...I'd love to hear your garden story;-)))

Today I'm joining Tracie and friends at the Fall Decor Party.

A Quick Trip and Until Next Time

Happy Thursday Everyone!

On Tuesday, I was able to join my sister-in-law, Jane,

and her family for their weekly Tuesday Family Night.  

All it took was a little flying time and one car rental

to transport my husband and myself to this

wonderful weekly family event.

 

John and Jane

I'm keeping my promise to Jamie about being careful with which photos I post.

I love the family photos that Jane had hanging in her kitchen.

I did catch you here Jamie:-)))

 

John, Beckie, and Scott

Just look at this!!!!  Yum, Yum

Until next time..

thanks for the wonderful evening

Jane and family

...hugs and more hugs...

Leave a comment...I'd love to hear from you:-)))