Fall Equinox is near (Sept 23), so in honour of the changing season I’ve joined in with “A Return to Loveliness” celebrating the arrival of Autumn special edition by showing some of my favourite fall enchantments. What are yours?
- Bright red berries on the holly bush and the mountain ash.
- New perennial flower bed consisting of fall dividings (soapwort, Coreopsi, Shasta daisy, St. John’s Wort, brown-eyed susans, Jerusalem artichoke , phlox, spiderwort, sneezeweed, limelight, and 2 other things I don’t rememeber the names of:) I hope they survive and fill up the space into a beautitful cottage-style flower garden! The space was overgrown with wild roses, golden rod, grass etc. It took some time to get it ready. Most of the plants came from my mother-in-law’s garden. The St. John’s Wort come from another part of the yard where a seed the “mother bush” must have been dropped off. The soapwort came from one of the gardener’s in the gardening club (plant exchange). I can’t wait to see what they look like in bloom. Total cost for this flower bed (not including my labour): $4!
- Sort of sweater weather: had two on this morning. It’s 4pm now and warm!
- Noticing the changing leaves.
- Looking ahead to more time indoors by reading homemaking, cooking, decorating blogs:
A Cultivated Nest, Coffee, Tea, Books, and Me, The French Country Cottage, How Sweet It Is, The Charm of Home, A Delighsome Life
- Prepping my fall and winter reading pile–it’s a big one!
- Not too hot to bake (hmmmm, apple crisp).
- Pumpkins and apples everywhere!
- The smell and feel of crisp, cool air in the morning.
- The rays if the rising sun shining through the dew-dampened woods.
- No more mowing the lawn–I hope.
- Tall, golden grasses blowning in the wind.
- Even the local fungi is enjoying fall colours!
As you can see, I’ve downloaded a new photo editor to play with!
Hope you enjoy your last few days of summer.
