Random Autumn at Chez MonkeyPosh -part 1

I decided to take a break from my posts about Italy to do a post about Autumn. I love Autumn. It is usually way too short here in the Midwest, but the fleeting Autumn we have is lovely. I love to see the leaves change colors and the weather cool off. Here are some photos of things around my place this Autumn. I will have to do this post in 2 parts, becasue as usual, blogger does not like posts with a lot of photos.

Beautiful plant in my yard that turns bright red every Fall.

Autumn Berries

Caterpillar clinging to a leaf in the flower garden.
Finley glaring at me because he is tired of taking pictures.

Crazy phallic mushroom- I know, right? There has been so much fungus in my yard this Fall, but this one is good for hours of Beavis and Butthead type fodder. Just kidding. Not hours....maybe half hours. Gorgeous Solange Stoned--perfect for crisp Fall weather.This is a photo of our bar that we use in the Fall to drink and watch football...or in the Spring to drink and watch baseball....or in the Winter to drink and watch Matlock. You get the idea. This is one of my few Halloween decorations in our yard. I had some happy little scarecrows up, but Finley is FREAKED OUT by the scarecrows--seriously he goes into spastic barking hysterics. Skeletons and life sized ghost decorations do not scare him at all, but a moderately sized, smiling scarecrow sends him over the edge.
Here is one happy little scarecrow that I had as decoration, but I had to bring it the house so Finley would not freak out every time he went out. I was busy, so I just put it in the chair thinking Fin could not reach it and he would move onto better things.....oh no.....

He knocked it down and proceeded to shake it by it's neck-violently as to kill it. I have no idea what caused this obsession...he is not yet a year old, so this is his first Halloween, so I cannot blame it on past Halloween/scarecrow trauma. He literally freaks out with anger. I will be very careful not to ever let Finley in a room where Hee Haw is on the T.V.

Watch your back bitch....that is all I am saying.

This is Finley trying to dig my plants up by the roots just to torture me. I am sure he was mad because he had just been in trouble earlier for stealing gum out of my purse and writing on the walls of the basement with a sharpie. This is Forrest practicing his Devil Dog look for Halloween. This is how he usually looks at Finley for stealing his video games or hiding his skateboard. Little brothers....gah.

So, after a long day of cleaning up scarecrow shards up and down the neighborhood, and wiping the dripping blood from Forrest's eyes, I like to relax with a glass of Ruffino Chianti. Ruffino is my new love. We fell in love with it last month in Italy, and luckily it is easily found here in the U.S. I can really taste the grapes in it....which I do not find with other reds...specifically Merlots. Merlot tastes like eggs to me. Gross. I always thought I was a white wine girl, but Chianti has opened my eyes.

More posts of my Autumn doings and undoings to come.

I have been challenged to do a "Beauty Product a Day" for one week, starting next week. If you want to be involved, let me know so I can post your link and I can let my readers know. It will be interesting to see what beauty products everyone is using this Fall.

Beautiful day to all.

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