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This was the work in progress, last week, at attempting to bring a bit of the outdoors in....I was having guests for brunch and wanted a little decor to accompany the food...twigs and a few green branches from our woods... ....I had envisioned some tiny pears, still on the branch, to finish off the arrangement......luckily I found just the abandoned pear tree on one of the country roads near my home... .....the treasured, vintage French cookbook, below, under glass, was purchased at Refuge, my favourite home decor store, owned by Liz Hawley in Niagara on the Lake... It was pouring rain, when I saw the Bosc pear tree by the side of the road....but my garden clippers are always in the trunk.....I was totally drenched, but not deterred.... .....our country roads yield an abundance of material for anyone looking for some natural beauty to decorate with, especially this time of year....wild grapevines, gorgeous rose hips, wild sumac (beware of poison sumac!) and colourful twigs and gnarled ...

September is birthday month around here....mine, my cousin Mary's, my husband's..... Our anniversary....I love this time of year... .....the lower terrace late this afternoon..... I feel a kinship with the Earth, Mother Nature....these days....her groaning bounty of goodness you see at every fruit stand, the grapevines laden down, the bunches waiting to be harvested...peaches, nectarines and pears, all ready for preserves or just juicy enjoyment!   My own garden, offering up bursting blooms of faded hydrangeas, in just the perfect colours..the Japanese anemones, always flawless and abundant.... ....fuelling my imagination with woodsy, earthy settings of Mother Nature's priceless gifts to us....   ...from my Pinterest board Garden Views.... I begin to feel the urges of hunting and gathering...much like the squirrels and chipmunks outdoors... I begin to bake and cook....above a lemon torte in the making... .....and a chocolate hazelnut version of the same..... ...

It has been a crazy summer, in so many ways! Things were just getting nicely back to some degree of normal...we could see a path in the garage and carriage house, where boxes used to be...furniture piled high, waiting to be allocated a new spot, was finding it's back into the newly renovated spaces.... ....a challenge at times, but taking on a bit of fun, finally! The two " floribundas love seats, recovered in inexpensive cotton duck, and two bedroom chairs, previously covered in yellow damask, now nicely ensconced in the open kitchen/great room, in green pastoral toile...I had the fabric squirrelled away for approximately three years, waiting for my vision of this room to come together...   I am still undecided about a stove back.....so a small, vintage painting of sheep, is softening this space.... Yep....sheep, pigs, cows are on my mind, at the moment!! A little peek in the corner, of a lovely vintage etching of cows on the river Wye....on the end wall of ...

Summer Butterflies. Июль 2013. Рост - 46 см. и 23 см. Не продаются. Материалы - Трикотаж, хлопок, кружева, костюмная полушерсть. Волосы - синтетика. Крылья - вышивка, аппликация.