September was gorgeous. It was just gorgeous. Summer said goodbye in September. It was a long lovely farewell. Flower pots and morning feet. Cool weather cooking, warm weather cooking, just cooking. A zoo date, a harvest festival date (complete with fireworks, of which I'm not good at capturing by cell phone), a park date in the rain. Buzzy bees everywhere. Sailboats make me dream. Squeezing in every last moment. Soaking up every last view. Laughing so hard in the dark by the lake. Reaching for willow branches and putting our feet in the water. Saying, not goodbye, but "see you soon" (or maybe it was bon voyage!") to best friends, and saying "hello" to rainboots again. I felt things pretty deeply in September, and I think September matched those feelings with richness and sympathy and joy.
It was one for the books.
Little sneaky behind the couch, and Moa's knitting and current book...
See you next Monday!
Update: I've updated my blog width and photo size, but have only change the photo resolution from the next post going forward. Going back through the rest of my old posts to change the photos? Ain't nobody got time for that! ; )
Buzzy bees and organic eggs make me happy, hopefully YOU too. I missed the bees this summer, but they are here now and so welcomed. Moa got a bunch of eggs, and I'd sure welcome those as well.
Frittata in the garden, anyone?
I've never been able to capture a decent photograph of a butterfly. And other than the little white ones, and one giant yellow and blue one (I'm still kicking myself for not having my camera nearby) there haven't been many this summer.
Today there were three. And they all sat juuuust long enough for me to *snap snap snap* until they said "Hope you got it, cause I'm outta here, darling!" It was pretty cool.
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!)
