Magnolia Seed Pods On the Table

You, my dear readers liked my photo of the magnolia seed pod, two posts back.
So Joe and I picked several off one of our trees, at the old house, and took them ,to the yellow house, and plopped them in a bowl.

 This is something that we would not ordinarily do.

We consider the pods a nuisance as we run over them with the lawn mower and they fall all over the lawn and make a big mess.

Now that we have used them as table decor we will do it again.

You readers are very smart.

In this image the seed pods have been in the bowl for forty-eight hours and the pods are drying out so the red seeds are emerging. In the photos below the pods are closed.

Can we say we have slouchy pillows? The striped ones are down and very comfy.

The candle holders are Southern Living Home via The Rusty Gate the store where I consign items.

The bowl is from Willliams Sonoma for seventy-five percent off or we would not buy it. 

The little cloches are both from Goodwill for one dollar each.

Marble coasters were recently found at an estate sale.

Yes, that is a small skull. We were scattering pine straw in the yard this spring and it fell out of one of the bales. Joe started to toss it but I said let's add it to the duck mandible and the scrabble letters. He said "Why not?"

I am linking to Ann at On Sutton Place for the Open House Party.

She is filling in for Sherry from No Minimalist Here who is on vacation.
Do go visit her and party on♥♥♥

Edit: we think the skull is a black fox squirrel

grace surrounds us

Olive