The Colors of Fall

Little by little, the colors of fall are creeping into the garden.

Recently covered porch chairs blend in with the emerging golds and reds of the garden.  The cats love to sit on these chairs too. Hopefully this fabric will hold up for at least a few months before another bright pattern takes its place.

I sat on the porch this morning reading my bible, drinking my tea and watching the cats play. Oreo is a little over a year old.  Cookie is a few months younger.  They play like kittens.

Cookie crawls under a rug, makes a special type of meow that says come and get me, and Oreo comes running.

Oreo pounces on the rug, plays for a tiny minute then runs away.

Cookie waits.  And waits.  Where did Oreo go?

I take my tea and stroll down into the garden to look for creatures. Spiders are plentiful this time of year. The large boxwoods (I wonder how old they are) fill up with webs that look like large waves on the sea, and in each one sits a spider.

Just like the changing colors, these spiders mark the beginning of fall here.  Yes, we still have some hot days to come, but the wheels that will turn the page to the next chapter, autumn, have been set in motion.

Goldenrod arches out over the goldfish pond, and I know that it won’t be long before the asters and my Clara Curtis mums begin to bloom. 

The knitting came out this week, partly because I’ve been a bit nervous (I must confess, and I don’t know why — too much to do?) and I needed something to relax my mind, and partly because it’s just getting to be that time of year. I’m not a knitter, really.  Not yet.  I am learning from a book that I have. I want so much to be able to knit. This first little sample will be a blanket for the doll house. 

The colors are so pretty. I could frame this and look at it every day for awhile I think.

I look at the morning glory and then at my knitting. This little blanket will be our “morning glory blanket.” Princess of the Universe must tell it to the dolls.

Today is a work day for me, but I know that I must not complain. I am so very fortunate to have a job that allows me to be at home, with full benefits and good pay, working only three days a week. When I think of all that it makes possible for our family, I try to do my work with joy.

The greenhouse/potting shed is being worked on today. My sweet Thomas told me that after today it will really look like something! I can’t wait to share pictures. I am envisioning flats of lettuce growing under a bright clear roof, sprouts, winter greens, hardy flowers, and who knows what else.  Be still my heart.

Happy Saturday,

Lynn