Heloooooo on a late August Day!
5:53 a.m. had an unusual breeze today. A breeze with a tinge of cool, a breeze that whispered, Autumn, Autumn Autumn. It has been summer here since March. The heat from May to now has been beyond yucky, and pulverizing. So, the tinge of coolness, if ever so small, was beyond delicious...
Butterflies in my belly, pumpkins on the vine.
The twins. It's time...
Yes, the twins said goodbye to their earthen bed today...
Snip. Snip.
I kissed them, I did. I thanked them for growing.
I know, you have heard this 52,000 times from me, but it is so surreal to have pumpkin babes. Pinch me, please? (not too hard though)
I have Halloween floating all around me. I very well might have full blown, Halloween of the brain. I am thinking up things for our virtual party (to be announced soon), and am simply autumn giddy, I tell ya.
Oh and look, another little brother came off the vine today too...
I know many of you don't want summer to end. I can totally understand that. I only wish I could bottle our heat and share it with you. I do, I do...
It will still be warm here on Halloween, and most of the time, it is even 80' on Thanksgiving.
I would give anything to have a real Vermont Autumn.
But, before I get carried away in autumn dreams, I wanted to give you some roses I picked today from our garden.
See, it's still summer, don't worry ;)
The cosmos are taller than tall. Oh and, today it was about 95', when all of a sudden a storm came out of nowhere, with full blown golf ball hail and cold rain. The temps went down to 65', and then one hour later, it is 95' again. The heat always wins in Arizona, it seems....
I am in love with cosmos. I had about 7 different plants in the ground (3 ft. tall) that had bloomed, and then one morning they were gone. Gophers.
Luckily the ones above are in a pot. Oh and, I have some 4 ft tall marigold plants that have taken since April to grow, and are just about to bloom. (half were eaten by rabbits. I thought rabbits hated marigolds?)
Oh oh, before I forget. Guess who is having a very merry little day this week?
Matty the furry boy!
But, I will share more about that later in the week...
He has turned into a full blown Mama's boy.
He helps keep my heart happy, from missing his big sister so much. He's my precious furry angel. Aren't I sappy? I just love him so much, I can't stop kissing him...
He loves stuffed animals. He has 3 bunnies (2 small, one large, his fave below), and a love-bug I gave Mister Lovee when we met. We play a lot with his stuffies during the day, he can't get enough. Mister Matty jumps incredibly high to try to get them from us when playing, leaving us utterly stunned....
Anyhow, there was your hearty dose of annoying pet lover mama mania.
Don't those sort of folks annoy you to pieces? hahaa!
:)
Now, I am going to go do something, like brush my hair.
I am ready for bed already. It is 3 p.m., and I was up so early today that by 7 a.m. I had already gardened, cleaned the kitchen and baked. Who am I???
Where is the sleeper inner Vanessa????
♥,V
Today's 3 Randoms
1) Into the Fairy Tale Forest is now a 12" x 12.093" print in my shop. Super high quality archival pigment ink on canvas.
2) We had a wild thought. A thought we just might do. We might bull doze down the country love shack (eeek~wholey mackerel!$%^&) and start anew. It's in serious talks (that is, if I find a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow). I kept talking about a Beatrix Potter style house. Well, wouldn't you know, her home is in the wonderful new issue of Victoria Mag. Is it a sign??
3) Today I baked the most curious little, umm rocks. They are so good. I messed up the recipe, and substituted ingredients, and now we have a cookie/scone type treat that we adore. Go figure?
I won't tell you the name Mister gave them (In Spanish no less). So FUNNY! Which I might add, is even extra hilarious coming from a non-spanish speaking, east coast lovely little Jewish Lovee. It's funny as heck ;)
3a) I have had tons of twins and conjoined growing things in my garden this year. I wish I had documented it all. It's been a sort of curious amount too.