Fall is finally here....

Hi Everyone!  It's the weekend!  Autumn is here....yeah for football games, crisp air in the morning, sleeping with a light blanket on the bed, the color change of the leaves and the end of mowing the yard (okay not yet, but soon).  I love fall.  And after the summer we've had I'm ready to move on to the next season, I just hope it stays for a while.  In honor of fall, I made some wooden pumpkins to take to the craft fair last weekend. 

 I took an old post from the farm that my grandfather had saved and randomly cut it into different size blocks.

 Then I went to the drill press and using a spade bit I drilled holes into the block of wood close to the center but not exactly in the center.  Then I sanded them, painted them with a base coat of black and top coat of orange.  Then I sanded them again to reveal some of the base coat.

I took a branch that had fallen in the last storm and randomly cut it apart to make the stems.  I glued them in place with Gorilla wood glue.

 Then I tied a piece of jute around the stem and inserted a couple of wires that I had curled....

 to give them a little something to finish them off.

And here they are at the craft fair before I added the jute and wire.  Just a little something for fall.  I don't normally decorate for fall so I will be taking these to the next craft fair.  I have a couple of other pumpkins so show you tomorrow.  But tonight I'm going to enjoy this nice fall weather and take the dogs for a run in the pasture.  Thanks for stopping by.