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SENIOR LADY: 2025 FALL DECOR!

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Jude 1:12 These are spots in your love feasts, while they  feast with you without fear, serving only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried about by the winds; late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead,pulled up by the roots ITEMS USED FOR WREATH: REPURPOSED ROUND WOOD DOOR SIGN FAUX MINI MUMS FAUX RED BITTERSWEET STEM FAUX ORANGE BITTERSWEET STEM  PUMPKIN PRINT BOWS FAUX FALL LEAVES FAUX GLITTER MINI PUMPKINS ITEMS IN ANTIQUE BLACK POT: FAUX YELLOW MUMS FAUX ORANGE MUMS FAUX ORANGE FALL HYDRANGEA  FALL SLOGANS WOOD SIGNS FLOWERS IN TIN VASES: FAUX MINI YELLOW MUMS FAUX RED BITTERSWEET STEM FAUX ORANGE BITTERSWEET STEM GOLD FERN STEM COSMIC GALAXY PURPLE FALL MUMS Note: These Mums look purplish red on cloudy days.

SENIOR LADY: FALL WREATH PROJECT!

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The trees in the woods, in front of my house, are starting to change colors. I sit on my porch every afternoon. I'm trying to determine how much foliage has turned orange, yellow, or red. Watching the foliage colors has in spired me to make a fall wreath. I visited my local Dollar Store to get ideas. A pumpkin shaped wire wreath required too many items and would be time consuming. I chose   to repurpose a round door sign. FALL WREATH PROJECT: ITEMS NEEDED: Unfinished Round Wood Door Sign  with Jute Hanger 1 Package Fall Maple  Leaves  ( orange, red, yellow) 1 Mini Mum Stem, yellow 1 Faux Red Bittersweet Stem 1 Faux Orange Bittersweet Stem 1 ( 2 count ) Package (4 inch) Bows  (mini orange pumpkin print\ white background) 1 Package Glitter  Orange Mini Pumpkin Picks 1 Bottle acrylic paint, Cantaloupe 1 Bottle acrylic paint, Deep Brown Tools: Wire cutters Paper plate, for mixing paint Paint brush Sponge brush Old Newspaper or Drop Cloth Scissors Glue gun &...

SENIOR LADY: HUMMINGBIRD WATCHING!

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  I love s pring, because I know the hummingbirds  will be  arriving soon. During the month of April, I go on my  porch several times each day. I am  hoping to see a hummingbird hovering nearby. They didn't seem to arrive in my neighborhood  until middle of April. Last year, I was sitting on my porch talking on the phone. Suddenly, a hummingbird was fluttering in my face. I was so startled that I almost dropped my phone. My friend asked me why was I making  noises. She laughed loudly when I said, I came  face- to-face with a hummingbird.  I invited her to sit on my porch one afternoon. She would be entertained by a hummingbird air show. I have learned a lot about caring for my friends the hummingbirds. I have been  feeding them for about fifteen years. Some of my knowledge was through  trial and error.  I also followed some advice from Audubon Society and online hummingbird fanatics. This year, I put my hummingbird feeder out i...