Day 26 of Week 4 January 2024

The Pondering Crow

When Winter feels like Spring, my thoughts turn to garden planning. This year I want unusual flowers that grow well without grouchy at the weather episodes. 

Parsley, Rosemary & Sage

The herb container garden will be the same, Rosemary, parsley, sage, oregano, basil, mint, and maybe thyme this year. 

Last year the torenia did well. They will be back as the border flowers. I'm thinking of a light blue that likes partial shade. Bachelor's Buttons are good for full sun. I'm looking at Meconopsis aka Blue Poppy. For orange, Bright Lights Cosmos are the choice. The flower season 2024 will begin with pansies.

Have a Wonderful Winter Weekend!

Plan a garden

Browse online for cardigans

Draw a groups of sleds

Bake a pear cobbler

Start  a sleep & dream journal

Listen to a Tibetian Healing Flute

Have a hot toddie

Look in the mirror and tell yourself,

"You Are Beautiful!"

 

End of the Year 2023

 January

from Reflection Monday

However you chose

to approach life,

Please Pay Attention

to the World around you.

Be respectful of others,

as well as yourself.

February

Lichen On an Old Apple Tree Branch

A favorite photograph taken at the 

Robert Frost Interpretative Trail.

March

I accidently flipped paint off my palette knife 

onto my neck where it made quite a mess.

Made me laugh.

April

The Huddle

On a Sunday morning, I became fascinated

by dinner rolls.

May

Plume Moth

The yearly visit of a plume moth.

June

Otter Creek Basin

A good place to take water study photos.

 
July

Thunderstorm Weather Symbol

 

Creating small signage from scrap wood is fun.

August

Have a Delicious Ingredients' Weekend!

Design your own tartan

Hand sew a fall fleece hat 

Read about the Coriolis Effect

Poach pears

Create a veggie goulash

Sing to a summer squash

Go for a walk with a friend

Read a few Shakespeare Sonnets

Tell your Wok a story

September

Pink cosmos were brilliant in the summer of 2023.

October

Shopping for mums in October

November

A sunset to remember in November 2023.

December 

Tea!

Welcome To September

Cosmos in Morning Sunlight

The morning sun provides lovely light for taking photographs. Consider planting to capture that sunshine in a garden for photography. Those cosmos were gorgeous in person.

Have a Gorgeous Weekend!

Read about or play ping pong

Make a tomato, cheese & bread salad

Browse polyester fall jackets online

Call an old friend

Read a non fiction book

Ask your toes where they've been

Write song lyrics about your day

Shop for embossed rolling pins

Create an apple ice cream sundae

Take a power nap

Style, Attitude & the Me of It

Dry Cosmos on the Stem
Watercolor study

 

Cosmos Drying
Digital photograph

The composition will include cosmos that are in bloom as well as buds in a blurry background.

Acrylic in progress

This summer has been one of abundant dull light for painting indoors.

Speaking of dull.

My wardrobe is Earthy colors, nothing real bright other than white. The other day I bought a pair of Cynthia Rowley long flowing viscose wide leg boho print pants. Think 1960-70s hippie era. Even the tie waist strings have wood beads at the ends. 

The photograph is taken at the hem area. 

Here's the thing. I have yet to try them on. They will fit, and be super comfortable. My issue is my attitude towards them. Although the do represent Me, I feel timid about wearing them for what they represent. Being a baby boomer, there's the hippie era episode in my history, high school, college. Actually, we were called freaks as in think comedian George Carlin. 

But that was then. I left all that behind in 1971.

I am here in the now. I don't mind looking like an old lady. I even like elastic waist pants. It took years, but I wear them all the time now. I only have a beer every summer to pay homage to my flower child era skills. I still use language I used as a teenager, edited to fit the person I'm talking to. 

What happened? Why the lack of embracing a part of my history that was as exciting as it was tragic? I remember the glow in my soul of being a writer, experiencing life to write about.

The answer that sticks out is the Attitude from judgmental folks labeling a person of any age, who wears certain clothes as getting high, ultra liberal with a stash of protest signs magically fitting into their pockets like Hermionie's bag in Harry Potter films. Seriously, you dress like that, many people will label you. 

Point being, I all on my own, on purpose, as well meaning as it is, has fit myself into a style that is not Me. 

So now I'm wondering what I'll look like when I decide to be Me.

I suspect there will be careful editing of my style because I've already searched online for temporary tattoos.

This will be fun.

Finding the Cosmos

Cosmos Drying In Sunshine

Did you know that some computer systems have a main Pictures, and a User Pictures? I didn't. I save multiple versions of the drying in the sun cosmos for a drawing. The picture didn't show up in  my regular Picture file. A hunting I did go. 

Ask me how I got there? Well, I clicked on This PC > Windows (C:) > Users > Libraries.

I became interested in flowers drying on the stem circa 2010 when an abundance of irises bought online finally bloomed. Dry irises are beautiful. Cosmos are also lovely when the sun is hot enough to give them a chance to dance.

Sitting on your deck daydreaming, things can capture your imagination. Drawing is a good brain exercise.

Thoughts On a White Cosmos

Cosmos 2023

Like a faerie among the green,

a cosmos petal pushes a leaf 

out of the way, 

to see the white summer sky.

At peak Summer time,

the few weeks ahead are the days we should be out enjoying the season.

Don't  miss your summer.