The Empty Cloche

I was so excited when  I found this cloche last week.

It's fairly large, and since my closets are crammed full, I put it under the plant stand till I could think of something to do with it.

The top of the handle has a neat little sprig design molded in it.  Of course it's green, my favorite color.

Actually, I quite liked it sitting under the plant stand, but I thought..."I can't join Marty's Fall Cloche Party with an empty cloche"...

and being green, it wasn't exactly screaming "Fall". 

I stared at the cloche for three days trying to think of what to put under it.

Everything I tried was either too wide or too tall...or turned some weird color under the green glass. 

I dragged it upstairs and downstairs. I think it was in every room in the house, except the bathrooms.

Finally, I took it back to the kitchen, and there was this poor little squirrel gathering acorns for Winter. With his paws full and a pitiful look on his face, he scampered under the cloche...

...and there he stayed.

Happy Fall, Y'all!

That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.

Now, I'm off to see all the great ideas at

Marty's Fall Cloche Party.