DEBBIE-DABBLE BLOG: October 2015

I am a Victorian Soul, who lives in a small townhouse that was built in the mid 1970's, not a huge Mega Mansion!! I just recently lost my Hubby Joe, who was a Retired Letter Carrier. I worked night shift as an RN on a Hospital based Rehabilitation( Physical Medicine) Unit for 37 years before I had Knee Replacement Surgery and officially Retired in 2019 after 41 years working in Direct Patient Care ... I am so glad that we retired at 62 years of age and got to spend that time together before he passed....I still do love Retirement!!!!

I DABBLE IN A BIT OF THIS AND THAT!!!!

" IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO BE WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN"
George Eliot

George Eliot was actually a pen name for a woman named Mary Anne Evans......

BLOGGING FOR FUN AND FRIENDSHIP!!!!!!

Saturday, October 31, 2015

Falling Leaves and One More Fall Craft!!!

Falling Leaves.......

First , I want to Thank my friend, Sherry, over at The Journey Back, for featuring my Blog and Fall posts, in her post, Touring My Friend's Homes!!
Sherry hosted a weekly Fabulous Fall Party!!

Thanks so much , Sherry!!

And I want to also Thank Jody and Stan, over at Rooted in Thyme, for featuring my post,
Halloween Tree and Village, Spooky Dining Room Tour, Part 3, from last week's Simple and Sweet Fridays Party!!

Thanks, Jody and Stan!!

And I also want to Thank Karren, over at Oh My Heartsie Girl! for featuring my post, Spooky Dining Room Tour, Part 2 from last week's Friday's Features Party!!

Thanks so much, Karren!!

Please stop by and visit and link up to these great parties!!

This is the Tree in my neighbor's yard across the street.......

I took this photo about 2 weeks ago before most of the leaves have been knocked down by wind and 3 inches of rain that we got the other day........

Beautiful Fall colors!!

This is a Burning Bush in my other neighbor's yard........

This is the same tree in the previous photos after losing some of it's leaves......

Looking out my bedroom window at the woods on the one side of our house......

And also looking out the bedroom window , over the roof tops, up toward the VA Hospital at the top of the hill where you turn into our development!!

Still some color left........

Now that the leaves are falling and we have to rake them up.......

It gave me an idea........

I thought I would do one more Autumn Craft, using a small garden rake that I had......

Remember this plaque that I bought in Dollar Tree at the end of August???

I decided to glue it to the rake.....

Made a bow , also using ribbon bought at Dollar Tree.....

And I attached some Florals that were left over from my Fall Crafting......

And there you have it!!

Here is where I hung it.......

In the hallway, under a wreath........

Of course, we will be using another rake to rake up the leaves from the back yard........

And this is the last of my Fall/Halloween posts for this year......

I will soon start to post regularly over on my Christmas Blog, A Debbie-Dabble Christmas.......

I will also be posting links to any posts I do on the Christmas Blog here on this Blog........

I have already started to decorate the upstairs..........Click HERE for a sneak peak........

And I plan to do more crafting for Christmas!!

So I hope you will come by and visit again!!

And thanks to those who took the time out of their busy day to spend a little bit of time with me!!

If you do not have a blog, PLEASE give me some way to reply to your comment, maybe by including your email in your comment. If I can not find a way to reach you, I will reply on the post where you commented so please check back......

Hugs,
Debbie

I am linking up to these weekly parties:

SUNDAY
Share It One More Time Sundays
DIY SHowcase
Snickerdoodle Sunday
Sundays at Home
Share It Sunday
Bouquet of Talent Linky Party
Sundays Down Under
Silver Pennies Sunday
Happiness is Homemade Linky Party

MONDAY
Inspiration Mondays
Busy Monday

Amaze Me Mondays
Creative Mondays

Metamorphosis Monday
Something to Talk About Link Party
The Art of Making Home- Making Mondays

What'd You Do This Weekend?
Make It Pretty Monday
Merry Monday Linky Party
Cooking and Crafting with J & J

TUESDAY

Show and Share Party
Tuesdays At Our Home
Tweak It Tuesdays
Inspire Me Tuesdays
Roses of Inspiration Party
The Scoop

Lou Lou Girl's Linky Party
Tips and Tricks Linky Party
You're Gonna Love It Tuesdays

Tuesdays with a Twist
Brag About It Tuesday Linky Party

Let's Talk Vintage
No Place Like Home Party

WEDNESDAY

Fluster's Creative Muster Wednesday's

Wake Up Wednesdays
Ducks in a Row Wonderful Wednesdays Blog Hop
Wow Us Wednesday
Sizzle into Summer Party
Vintage Inspiration Party
Party in Your PJ's
Dream Create Inspire Link
What's It Wednesday

THURSDAY
Homemaking Weekend Link Up Party
It's a Party
Share Your Style Thursday Link Up Party

Treasure Hunt Thursdays

Home and Garden Party Thursday
Share Your Cup Thursday
Thursday Favorite Things Blog Hop
Inspired Creations Linky Party
My 2 Favorite Things on Thursday
Idea Box- Thursday Linky Party
Grace at Home Party
Vintage Charm

FRIDAY
Simple and Sweet Fridays
The Creative Exchange
Home Sweet Home Friday
Friday Features Linky Party
Show and Tell Friday
Home Matters Linky Party
Friday Favorites
Welcome to the Weekend Blog Hop
   Flaunt It Fridays
  What To Do Weekends
Friday's Five Features Party

SATURDAY
Pink Saturday
Best of the Weekend Party
  The Creative Collection Link Party
Simple Saturdays Blog Hop
Saturday Sparks

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Thursday, October 29, 2015

My "Other" House Decorated for Halloween!!

Welcome to Nelson Crest!!

Nelson Crest is my Victorian Doll House that was built for me by a wonderful man named Roy Nelson.....

To read the post about Roy, who was in his late 80's when he built my doll house, and how he made my childhood dream come true, please click HERE

I love to decorate Nelson Crest for every Holiday......

Halloween is no exception......

I use a lot of the Spooky Town pieces from Lemax and even some pieces from the Halloween Village sold at Dollar Tree......

The skeleton hanging off the balcony is actually a mini Hallmark ornament......

A bunch of cute Trick or Treaters......

The Skull Tree is a Lemax piece.....

I will let the rest of the pictures do the talking.........

Soon, I will share the inside of Nelson Crest.....

Which I may add took me 4 hours to clean the other day!

And soon, I will be decorating it for Christmas!!

So I hope you will come by and visit again!!

And thanks to those who took the time out of their busy day to spend a little bit of time with me!!

If you do not have a blog, PLEASE give me some way to reply to your comment, maybe by including your email in your comment. If I can not find a way to reach you, I will reply on the post where you commented so please check back......

Hugs,
Debbie