Autumn Flower Arrangements

     The last hurrah of the growing season provides some splendid items and colors for decorating: multihued mums, brown stems and seeds, golden gourds and pumpkins, to name a few. I like to accent the tabletops, shelves and walls with varied combinations of these offerings from nature, but always in a simple arrangement; the colors and textures are showy enough.

      Daisy mums are happy in a pumpkin vase that rests
on a small table next to my reading chair.

A grapevine wreath is interlaced with berries, pine cones and

colorful leaves and tied with a casual gingham bow.

Desiring a slightly more formal look for the living room, the trunk

used as a coffee table is adorned with a glass vase

filled with mums in only two shades.

This fellow was a lucky flea market find. He graces a kitchen shelf

and is filled with an assortment of autumn's offerings.