Fallen

Thank you all for the very nice ideas you gave me about that Ikea shopping trip. I'm just back from it and I'm about to fall asleep: that's how tired I am. I took pictures, but there's no way I have enough energy to grab the camera, to find the cord to plug it to the computer or to edit anything!

Merci à tous ceux qui m'ont donné des conseils pour ma visite à Ikéa aujourd'hui. Je rentre juste et je suis à deux doigts de m'endormir tant c'était épuisant (mais j'ai le marche-pied, Babette). Pas besoin de vous dire que je n'ai pas le courage de chercher l'appareil photo, de trouver le câble et de charger les photos du jour...

So I thought I'll show you the very simple touch of autumn that are adorning the Little White House. I know I've fallen behind schedule and everyone is Christmas decorating. Would you forgive me if I tell you that I went Christmas decoration shopping after the Ikea marathon? - But didn't actually buy anything.

Du coup, avec retard car tous les magasins sortent déjà leur déco de Noël, voici les quelques touches d'automne qui ornent, bien simplement, le cottage.

My aim for the fall mantle was to have something very unfussy, but cosy. Shadow, the official cat, seems to think I managed that perfectly.

Je voulais quelque chose de simple mais qui invite à la détente et Shadow, le chat officiel, a l'air de trouver ça réussi. Ou alors il est épuisé de m'avoir aidé à confectionner la guirlande.

Shadow also helped with the making of the Autumn leaf banner... He thought leaves would look better if he rolled a little on them. He has such a good eye for decoration! 

A bouquet from the garden and little white pumpkins from the farmers' market (the white ones are very difficult to find in France) are lighted by tea lights in vintage jam jar.

J'ai eu un peu de mal à trouver les petites citrouilles car je les voulais blanches, bien sûr! Les pommes de pin sont juste recueillies dans le jardin d'un des collèges où je travaille et les feuilles d'érable dans l'autre!

Now, I had many things available to decorate the mantle, but actually liked it best with fewer items.

I hope I haven't fallen out of your good graces for being so late to join the fall decoration trend!

Now, who wants to guess what I bought at Ikea today?

Bon, alors qui joue à deviner ce que j'ai acheté aujourd'hui à Ikea? En dehors du marche-pied, évidemment!

Not bought, but happily passed on to you:  a ray of sunshine falling in the dining-room...

A bientôt,

See you soon,

Edit: I've received many nice comment about the banner and I was a bit ashamed because I couldn't remember where I got the idea. Somehow it suddenly popped in my mind! The original and much more elaborate banner can be found at Sweet Tea n' Salty Air (Lisa had me at her blog name!). Mine is really a very simplistic version of her gorgeous one.

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