Harvest Hats

I made these three hats to
 decorate my doors in Autumn, 
 many year ago, in the 80's or 90's.
Decorating hats was popular back then.

Almost every year, since then;
they hang on my doors.

 This straw hat I left natural,

 glued maple leaves around and

 made a bow out of paper twist ribbon.

This ribbon used to be orange

it has faded to nearly pink.

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This hat I sprayed with orange paint;

 glued sunflowers, leaves and 

made a bow with natural raffia. 

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A lot of different plastic 

pumpkins, gourds and nuts, etc. 
on this smaller hat.

Have you ever decorated hats?

This is Thanksgiving weekend in Canada.

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!!

Let's give thanks for all we have..

and thanks for your visit. xo

all pics are my sole original property

Astilbe

Astilbe  
is a perennial plant

 with beautiful feathery flowers,

in shades of white, pink, lavender, 

 red ...............and shades in between. 

I planted mine on the north side
 of the house because they prefer shade.

Lavender


Astilbe attracts birds and butterflies

White  ~ nice fragrant ~

Red ~ Bright and Beautiful ~

Astilbe grows from 6 inches to 5 ft.
 - depending on the variety.
There are 20 different species.

 A low-maintenance plant.

I will divide some this yr. and 

plant them in other places.

 They look nice with Hostas.

also deer resistant ....

Ligularia divides them on the corner

looking through the Ligulaira,

Astilbe behind..

To view how I made this maintenance

 free garden click here

Thanks for your visit xo

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