Last of summer

You could tell at the farm this evening that summer has ended. The rain has started to beat up the flowers and there are less of them blooming. The basil is just about toast but the Swiss chard is still going strong! If you want a crop that lives the entire summer, plant Swiss chard! It was sad to think that this may be my last week to go out in the fields to cut flowers so I took it upon myself to gather as many as I could without looking like the hoarder of flowers! Came home and filled up most of my vases. There are still four weeks left for heading out to the farm for my weekly basket of veggies. I'll sure miss it when it's over.

Have a great weekend!

2011 Calendars!

I am a sucker for anything letterpress!

This time of year the 2011 calendars are being rolled out and this one I had to have for next year. It will look great in my home office.

You can find this calendar and all sorts of wonderful letterpress cards, calendars and coasters at

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Reality

There is no reality except the one contained within us. That is why so many people live such an unreal life. They take the images outside them for reality and never allow the world within to assert itself."

-Hermann Hesse

I saw this quote and loved it! How many times do we mistake what is real? Do we trust what lies within ourselves to be reality? What type of reality are creating for yourself?

September

We've all been asking ourselves: "where has the time gone? " September has rolled into Seattle and our hot days have turned into rainy mornings which brings me back to the computer and all those indoor chores.

I look at my blog and think... you haven't posted since August 22nd? What have you been doing with yourself? Well.... I've been enjoying summer and getting teens ready for back to school and starting all their athletics.

Here are just some snapshots of what has been happening! We've been having a good time.

More good books checked out from the library and I'll be sharing those with you soon.

Enjoy your Labor Day Weekend!

Unravelling #1: Ways of Seeing Myself

With the chaos of the kids getting ready to go back to school, yes... football practice, sax lessons... it goes on and on..... I had to think about what I was going to do that was new for the fall. How was I going to challenge myself to learn something new?

So... today I signed up with a friend for the Susannah Conway Unravelling Online Course... "ways of seeing myself ". We had met some women at the Farm Chicks show in June that highly recommended this course but said "beware... it's very popular". So this morning at 10 am sharp we were on our computers signing up for a course offered in the UK. It sold out in a couple of hours!

What is the unravelling process?

"The Unravelling process is a new way to view your world, taking time to appreciate the beauty around you. And we do this in the simplest way: we stop and look. Beginning with your feet, you’re going to go on a photo safari into your own life to reconnect with who you are, where you’ve been and where you want to go next"

I just hope I can keep up with the weekly weekly photo and writing assignments!

Here is the link for her web site in case you may be interested in catching the next on line course!

Goals

Hope you had a good weekend! Our was very busy with my son being gone we had a girls weekend! Lots of outings with friends and projects at home. Now that summer is starting to wind down and it's almost back to school ( got two emails from the school yesterday... ugh!! ) It's time to make some fall goals.

I thought this chalkboard was cute! You can find it here. I'm all about lists and writing things down. This would be a fun tool.

Look what I found!

I saw this camera strap with lens cap holder on Esty at August Blossoms and knew I needed to order immediately! I am always misplacing my lens cap! She has some really pretty designs and it's going to look great on my camera!