A Loved Garden & Life Cycle

I love how our little garden grows bigger and greener and prettier every year,

we've put in so much love and effort into this little house of ours...it sooo feels like ours, like us.

I don't know if we'll live here forever, maybe not, but I believe in blooming where your planted,

in rooting just right where you currently are.  Everyday I am grateful for my little home.

Every single bun-babe we've ever had has lived here with us, that is so special to me
and I love seeing everything spring to life and unfold with beauty every season

and than it all like slow-motion magic gets ready slumber for a spell,

usually just about when we're tuckered out from a season of hard work,

when we're ready to hibernate, it tucks in for a rest too.

Seed Collection

Do you collect seeds from your gardens?

I do, every single year, I take cuttings from every plant...enough to share if I want to.

 

 

I don't know if I'll manage to grow anything from them,

but there was something satisfying, cozy and warm just in the possibility of it!

Magic

I am wishing you magic....beauty and magic..

 

 

(and time to take in the beauty and magic) this beautiful autumn weekend XO.

Autumnal Dance

Well the rain started and sure enough about 10-15 minutes afterwards

the head pain (which turned to a migraine today) started to ebb away to almost nothing...phew!

So I was able to get into the studio tonight to finish

 

"Autumnal Dance"

 

 

I admit it, I love how it turned out.

There is no concept, no fancy story, just a play of pleasing shapes and colours.

It was an effortless dance admist autumnal colors, inspired by one of our fall kayaking days.

I plan two others to make a series of 3.

The original will be up for grabs soon & prints will be in the shop by Monday.

Fresh Fall Furries

Getting a bit of sketching done outside (admittedly, these cute faces are distracting me big time!)...

 

 

The squirrel is stealing toilet paper from inside the house, that's keeping me well entertained as well!

Bittersweet Beauty

Things aren't over quite yet but we've actually had to turn our heat on already!
so I am naturally thinking back on the season as I do every year about this time.
Summer started off slowly with my injured knee early on in the season
& we resisted the yard for a tiny bit cause we just didn't want to be there without our Frenwyck...
but my oh my it's been such a good and wonderful Spring, summer and Fall...

 

I am looking forward to winter and diving into my studio time a lot more,

there's always way less distractions in the winter hibernation time!...

But I admit I am feeling slightly melancholy about wrapping another season up!

I don't know if Jaks will be with us next summer...I think that's making it all more bittersweet...

but we sure did enjoy our time outside this year and we took full advantage of it all

and that's what is most important at the end of it all isn't it!

Begonias & Bunnies

Flowers are starting to dye from our cold nights but the million bells & begonias are going strong...

 

We are still spending a lot of time out there with the buns before we all tuck in for hibernation!

Happy Weekend

I hope your having a beautiful cozy Fall weekend...

Full of beauty and rest and happiness.  See you Next week I hope XO.

Happy Thanksgiving

Hopping along to wish you all a super duper cozy and happy-as-can-be Thanksgiving...

 

 

XOXO Mandy, Jonathan, Flynnster, Jaky, Jin, Tee-Tee, Fren & Yuuji-San