We've been hosting an annual autumn open house for years. Nearly 20 years to be precise. I started these way back in High School, and have kept up on the tradition for years as I've married, and as Holly & I have created our own family traditions. It's a time each year where I make a spread of soups, chowders, chili and stew to share with all our friends and neighbors. We also make a bunch of homemade confections as well.
We make homemade suckers (lollipops) every year. In traditional autumn hues. I always make root beer and orange-cream suckers.
Cooking down the sugar syrup to make a batch of root beer suckers.
Crock pot's full of potato-leek soup, and Guiness Beef Stew.
All the fun Fiestaware Holly has purchased for me/us over the years for this fun annual tradition.
A big batch of chorizo chili, and clam-oyster chowder on the gas stove.
Our treat table. Complete with baked goods, homemade confections and of course some store bought Halloween treats.
I tempered a bunch of dark and white chocolate and made some pretzel rods. Holly always designs beautiful labels to package up all our homemade goodies we make together.
The homemade orange & root beer suckers, alongside a bunch of chocolate oatmeal cookies and peanut butter cookies with big chocolate kisses.
I love the way the suckers look all wrapped in saran wrap and on display.
All the individually packaged pretzel rods with Holly's custom labels.
All the soups are ready to share with the masses that come and visit us each year.
Chowder ready for eating.
Chili ready for eating as well.
Our fun new Halloween purchase this year. Some 1940s retro pumpkin couple, each about 3 feet high. Picked these up at a antique store, that I perused online via Etsy.
Also, each year we put out our collection of antique Ball canning jars, in various shades of blue. The look gorgeous lit up with candles all up and down our entry & driveway.
Enjoying some rest time on the couch with our snuggle bug.
With the annual open house complete, it was time to put all the Halloween specific decor away, and break out all the Thanksgiving specific decor to complement the harvest decor and pumpkin collection we've grown over the years.
Our minimal, yet sophisticated Thanksgiving table.
Some of the antique turkey tureen's I started collecting.
Another turkey tureen.
I still love the beauty of the black walnut dining table we recently purchased. Looks great adorned with holiday decor, and lots of candles illuminated.
Also my sister Melanie, made Oscar his first "silky blanket." He loves this treat that Aunt Mel sent him.
Another turkey tureen.
We love our annual harvest time traditions. Our fun soup party and open house we put on. Making seasonal goodies. Getting out all our decor for this time of year. Autumn, and the holiday season are hands down our favorite time of year.
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