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[Enufstuff]

   This Fall, I decided to do something different. Instead of my usual orange and Autumn colors, I was inspired by peacock feathers.

    I found a wonderful lady on Etsy, who has pet peacocks and sells the feathers that they shed at the end of each summer. I bought her gorgeous feathers and some dried flowers for the arrangements in my Egyptian alabaster vases.

    For a little more interest, I added an Egyptian piece featuring Cleopatra as the goddess Isis. The cartouche in the upper left, is the cartouche of Cleopatra.

To the right of the clock, is a beaded, tea light lamp.

    Also, on Etsy, I found a pillow cover printed with a William Morris peacock design.

That pillow is on a bentwood rocker, in front of the fireplace.

    Nothing screams fall, but I like the peacock blue and dried flowers for a change from summer decor.

[luvzchiz]

@Enufstuff   Beautiful.  I love peacocks.   We used get some In our backyard.   They would fly over from a farm and eat the seeds that were at the base of our feeders.  

[phoenixbrd]

Love the Egyptian and peacock feather additions.  The pillow is gorgeous...enjoy your Fall season!

[on the bay]

That pillow is beautiful and what fun to hear the story of the peacock feathers-the peacocks gift to you

[Enufstuff]

@luvzchiz  Thank you very much. How exciting that you had peacocks land in your yard. I have never seen one flying. They are so beautiful.

  The lady on Etsy lives in Tennessee and has a chicken farm.

One day, these two peacocks arrived unannounced, and they stayed, visiting her chickens.

  She put information out to all the neighbors, to see if anyone was missing two peacocks. No response. So the boys stayed.

Her husband named them Lennie and Squiggy. ( If you are old enough to remember Laverne and Shirley). Lennie and Squiggy would just arrive unannounced to visit the girls.

 Peacock blue has been one of my favorite colors since 4th grade. We were given fountain pens for penmanship and we had to buy our own ink. My best friend and I went to the

stationary store and found peacock blue ink. We both fell in love with that color.

[Enufstuff]

@phoenixbrd  Thank you very much. Peacocks and peacock feathers were a big influence during the Art Nouveau period, late 1800's to early 1900's, in both decor and fashion.

   I love that period of design and Art Nouveau. My house was built in 1914 and I have some antique pieces from that time.

[Enufstuff]

@on the bay  Thank you very much. Nature gives us such beautiful things.

[Citrine1]

Oh boy, it must be past my bedtime.  When I first looked at the picture you posted @Enufstuff , I didn't realize that was a mirror on the mantle.  I thought it was a picture.  I was trying to figure out what it was (looked like a UFO to me - haha).  I thought it was a bit strange.  Suddenly, it dawned on me that I was looking at a mirror and the "UFO" was the reflection of a ceiling light fixture.  And, no, I haven't been drinking.  LOL

Looks very nice.  I love the peacock pillow!

[Enufstuff]

@Citrine1  How astute and observant are you!  Last fall, when I posted  my orange florals on the mantle, I did mention the UFO

reflected in the mirror. It is actually where a gas light fixture would have been, back in 1914.

  I was going to mention the UFO, in this posting. But, then I forgot. Now they are called UAP's. Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, since the government has admitted to research and

so much information has been released.

[Citrine1]

@Enufstuff   Oh, that's funny.  Maybe I saw your other post and the "UFO" story was tucked away in my memory!  Haha

I didn't know they are called UAP's now.  Sometimes I just can't keep up.