Today I am honored to have my good friend and fellow blogger Michele of Hello Lovely blog, to do a guest post for you all. If you have not read Michele's wonderful blog you have been missing something in your day!! She is gorgeous inside and out. She is extremely talented in so many ways. I love to read her uplifting words on her blog. Her writing style is so personal and so HER, it is lyrical at times, funny, uplifting, inspiring and always makes me think. I love her and I know you will too. Today she is sharing 5 of her Fall favorites. I know you all will be inspired!!
TAKE IT AWAY MY LOVELY MICHELE............
Photo: Hello Lovely Studio
Hello, friends of Good Life
of Design! I'm Michele, author of Hello
Lovely, and I'm so grateful to be a guest here today
sharing fall goodness. Kathy and I are longtime blog buds who share
many of the same sensibilities when it comes to our homes and
hearts...
Hello Lovely Studio
This is the front door of our home in the heartland,
and we renovated the entire place ourselves...
never again!
Please make yourself at home,
and let's chat over a mug of hot cider and
5 fall favorites captured with my camera.
1.
Granny Smith or Ginger Gold apples.
Our home is decorated in white and neutrals,
so I love the pop of color they bring,
and I adore baking them in a crisp.
My Kitchen - Hello Lovely Studio
Ginger Gold apples - Hello Lovely Studio
2.
Working fireside.
While a laptop lifestyle and working from home
can be highly distracting, one perk is the ability
to create a peaceful mood with a fire
in the cooler months (and also, barefootin' it...
bet I couldn't get away with that anywhere else).
My Living Room - Hello Lovely Studio
3.
Visiting the apple orchard.
The cinnamon donuts. The apple tastings.
So many sweet sights, sounds, and smells
of autumn at our local orchard where I snapped these.
Hello Lovely Studio
Hello Lovely Studio
Hello Lovely Studio
4.
Savoring fall's
colorful, turning leaves.
Winter lasts far too long in the Midwest,
so I have to be extra intentional about
getting out in that brief season when the leaves
turn luscious shades of red, yellow, and orange...
these next images were snapped in Paris,
not Chicagoland, a few falls ago.
Paris in Fall - Hello Lovely Studio
Paris in Fall - Hello Lovely Studio
Paris in Fall - Hello Lovely Studio
5.
Shopping the fall flea markets.
There's just nothing like shopping
for vintage treasures in the fall!
I found this vintage rusty bike last week,
and after a few tweaks and some blooms
in the basket, it will be a wonderful
ornament in our courtyard.
My Courtyard - Hello Lovely Studio
Main Street Market in Rockford - Hello Lovely Studio
Hello Lovely Studio
Thank you so much for having me, guys.
I'd love to have you visit Hello Lovely
Studio,
where Kathy is sharing fall inspiration.
Peace to you right where you are.
michele
