The last two weeks have been full, as usual. Look at this beautiful collection of spices! My neighbor who grew up in India has been teaching me some of her recipes and these were the spices (some of them) needed to make Biryani this past week.
My mom's flowers are just stunning, and they went with the tea cozy!
David and Laura picked out pumpkins from the patch they helped Grandma plant. Earlier in the summer they spent quite a few days helping with garden work.
The pumpkin patch grows in a big field.
Of course we had to say hello to Job the donkey and his attentive care-giver.
Mom keeps busy taking care of her people and bringing them lots of joy and love and good food!
I took care of myself this week by scheduling a kayak time to my secret point. I enjoyed studying, planning, reading, and painting, not to mention watching all the wildlife and doing some plain old thinking.
I spent some time creating flat lay pictures for my nature blog -- do you know about that? It's where I blog about nature! And soon I'll be sharing some of my favorite nature books!
It's dahlia season and on the weekends my sister orders lots to put up for sale. They are just too pretty!
Since I last wrote we had a son turn 18! Congrats Drew! We decorated by finding a whole bunch of things one can legally do when one is 18 and hanging those ideas from the bunting. Finally Drew can buy spray paint and actually get a job without having to get a work permit.
I've worked at the flower shop quite a bit lately -- lots of weddings and extra orders. This was an anniversary bouquet made to look similar to the original wedding bouquet. Those types of orders are fun to fulfill.
The cousins enjoyed seeing each other -- we all enjoyed being in nature!
One weekend we had a lot of social engagements and I made A LOT of pies.
This one was rhubarb:
This was a peach tart:
Once in awhile I get a chance to paint the flowers at work.
My online nature journaling classes started this week! I am very excited about them -- can't wait to "meet" everyone I don't know in person. My mind is bursting with ideas for the next five weeks.
One last picture of flowers.
Our Labor Day fun plan was cancelled due to rain so we are now working on house organization and the to-do list. Wondering if our evening meal will be rained out too!
