So Long, Summer

Tonight the temperature is supposed to get down to well below freezing. This pretty much will mean the end of my garden for the year. I love autumn, and the color show it brings, but I’ll miss the splendor of summer. Nature creates more beauty with her handiwork than I could ever hope to. (She is the true artist-I simply make the arrangements-flower beds being my “bouquets.”)
After winter ends, and my thoughts turn to spring, my garden is a little like a stranger to me, or an acquaintance I haven’t seen in a long time. I don’t remember clearly how things were, or I have just forgotten. But by the end of summer my garden is like an old and dear friend. I know it intimately. And I know that saying farewell will be hard.

In an attempt to save a little bit of summer for just a little bit longer, my daughter Amy and I have been gathering the last of the flowers-we have picked enough for five vases so far.
It won’t be long before the snow comes, and covers my garden with a white winter blanket. (My garden deserves to have a good long rest.) But spring will come. The snow will melt. And I’ll be outside saying “It’s been a while, but it’s so good to see you again…”

My Blue Heaven

This is my studio, and someday I plan to rename it "My Green Heaven." The wallpaper will be painted over (it's rather busy, isn't it?) and the tan carpet will be pulled up to reveal the lovely old jadeite green linoleum floor. But for now, even as it is, it really is my piece of heaven. It's the place where I plan, and design, and sew. It's the one place that I completely call my own. It's the place I like to think about being when I'm not there. For some of my storage ideas please see my post from May 13th, and please enjoy my pictures! And a big thank you to my daughter Amy for making the little palm tree for me:)