Very inspiring Chuck! I'm thinking seriously of decorating my front porch for Halloween, or at least a harvest theme. I'll include pumpkins although they'll probably be gnawed on by the squirrels.
A Harvest Home theme is always very nice.
It might sound a bit cheesy, and maybe it is, but one thing I like to see this time of year is the garlands of fake fall leaves that some people use to decorate. Here in the city there isn't much opportunity to see fall foliage, so I like to see the garlands, even if they are fake. It's just like I put out my fake fall flowers and foliage.
I used to be able to get lots of nice fake flowers and greenery at a craft store near my place, but it closed several years ago, and I think the company went out of business.
But speaking of Harvest Home, here's a lovely "harvest hymn." Growing up, I knew it with a slight variation in the lyrics. I used to know it by heart. We used to sing it at Thanksgiving. We never seem to sing it anymore.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come,_Ye_Thankful_People,_ComeMy home church still has an annual "Harvest Home" service. It's actually a collection of nonperishables for a local food bank.
Just this Sunday we had a service dedicating quilts made by a sewing circle in the church for donation to Lutheran World Relief. Over the past year, members of the sewing circle made 80 (!) quilts. Some of them were beautiful!
