September’s sweet fade into fall
“And all at once, summer collapsed into fall.”
Oh Oscar Wilde sure could whip up a nice quote.
The tip top of the trees are beginning their annual costume change. I’ve been documenting the process. Day one of back to school was also the Mom March. That’s when we are all going for daily walks around the neighbourhood without kids. Boy oh boy there is nothing faster than a mom free of tagalongs.
Been picking up the first of the fallen leaves by day and painting them in the evenings. (It led to the sweetest of all updates at the end of this post.)
Maple leaves.
Oak leaves.
Gingko leaves.
More maple leaves.
All this painting has led to creating original art for the Cottage Letters.
The votes are in for including original art in the Cottage Letters. I’m so loving writing the letters. The letter itself is the hero, but my artistic brain just LOVES creating a whole package that includes extras.
Now Cottage Letters will always include:
A letter
Original art
A poem
Not sure why that took so long. Seems kind of obvious now.
Notice the cosmos on the art card shown above. It was inspired by a garden success. This year I jammed a whole slew of last year’s cosmos seeds in a flowerbed. The result is a stunning display of WOWZA.
I just love how cosmos sit against a blue sky.
Some mornings I go out to snip a few blooms but I have to wait until breakfast is over.
The translucent petals are mesmerizing. It begat a lot of painting.
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Janice
Oh and one more thing…
A new notecard and notebook set with Chronicle Books!!!!!
It comes with a BOX!!!!
Oh my stars. It is a 20-notecard set (2 of 10 designs) inside a stunning box with envelopes. It’s everything I ever dreamed of… better actually, because it is published through Chronicle Books. If you’ve ever walked into a bookstore or stationery shop and gasped at a gorgeous set of notecards, it was probably made through Chronicle Books.
You can pre-order now through your local bookstore. Also on Amazon and everywhere you buy your books.
