Changing seasons means I planted some new fall flowers, while Moa did a massive clean out of her closet. I've been meaning to take on that chore too, but my end result will not be as fresh and lovely as Moa's. Can't you just smell clean laundry looking at her pic?
I've got the tomatoes, Moa has the bread. Anyone care to share some bacon and lettuce? Some BLT's are in order! =)
My table of plants and finds, and Moa's magazine seem as if they are two different views from the same room. Let's have some tea and flip through the pages. =)
Picking tomatoes, so many snuggles in bed, the August of dahlias instead of zinnias (miss those zinnias though!), fabric shopping (preparing for a fall project-- a quilt, eep!), amazed at this kid's hair. Reading in the tub, reading during dinner (daddy does the best Madeline and the Cats of Rome!), reading in the car (okay, more like fake reading a coloring book). Lunch date in a backyard, pancake breakfast, train store and ice cream, painting/pool party, late afternoon swims. Getting accustom to more newness. Filling up on NOW, preparing for things to change, and arriving at the point where it will be more than okay. It will be so good.
And a massive heatwave, that we hid from with closed curtains. No state fair for us this year, I guess. Awwwh, well. At least we got to watch a storm roll in and run for cover and laugh.
(The 6th image is from Rifle Paper Co., I'm so looking forward to their 2014 calendars!)
Plants, always near and dear to our weeks, make another appearance in The Weekly Holiday. Yay!
I pulled these "weeds" from the cracks by our steps, and Moa put some pretty succulents in her equally pretty coffee cups, which came from her grandparents' one-time cabin. (I remember them from years ago, when I met Moa on Flickr. They are so photogenic!)
This week, especially while we suffer a last of summer heatwave, I enjoy any green I can see.
I love when it's COLOR that links our photos to each other.
My dahlias and Moa's onion from last week make a perfect pair.
The evening light had caught my attention more than once last week, and Moa made some cinnamon apple goodness in some pretty cute bowls.
Cinnamon makes me think of fall. The new sweaters I'm seeing online make me think of fall. Not feeling like watering my garden anymore makes me think of fall. I better make some more sweet corn this week and do something requiring a lake or pool. I need to stay in summer mode because it will be gone much too soon. (It would be nice to wear a poncho and some boots though...)
So, July has come and gone. Here are some of the highlights from around the gardens. Mostly this is our boulevard garden. There are many things I appreciate about Minneapolis, but folks who plant their boulevard full of flowers are one of the things I appreciate most. It's like a friendly "Hello!" Often people stop and ask me the name of this flower or that (or even where I got such great wood chips, haha) and it makes me happy to know that I can share my love of gardening with passersby. And don't get me started on my own walks. I know the exact streets to walk down with the best plants, and what will be blooming where and when. It's so addictive! It's like living in one big garden. I love it.
