Early morning posies...

 
     While it is still early in the morning,  I love to go outside and just sit in the cool air and enjoy all the sights, sound, smells of the new day.  Gentle little breezes, sweet smells in the air and pretty little melodies by the little songbirds in the trees and wondering around to see all the blooms around the yard.  It's a wonderful start to the day.

     While I will never become an expert at all things flowery, I must give thanks to a couple of people for all the help and advice that has helped me with my love of flowers in the yard.

     First is Julie whom I've known for over a decade, told me from the very beginning of our meeting "Just throw some seeds out there and see what happens.  Don't be afraid!"  Best advice ever, I swear.  Turned my world upside down with all the seeds that I just "throw" out in the yard now.  I have now been dubbed "crazy flower lady" in my neighborhood.  Love that.

     Second would be Teresa, who has given me simple but wonderful advice on how to propagate flowers so I can have even more around the yard.  Buy a few plants at the nursery, take them home, cut a few snippets off, dip in rooting powder and pray they take root.  This is the first year I have attempted this and it it went well.  Oh the possibilities that are in front of me now.

     Thanks to these two wonderful people I can continue on with my "Crazy Flower Lady" image and make it grow.  

~*~

Kar

Sprouts and blooms…

     I just love walking around the yard, when the sun is starting to set,  to see all the pretty colors that are starting to show themselves off.  It's one of my favorite times of the day.

~*~

Kar

So dang happy...

     Spring has definitely arrived here.  Crisp mornings and warm afternoons.  Waking up with the sky getting lighter earlier in the mornings.  If I had my way, the sun would be out showing itself at 6am.  I look for excuses to open the windows as early as possible already.  Ice tea is being made continuously.  Moments on the patio are taken as soon as chores and other responsibilities are taken care of.  Seeds are filling up the greenhouse.  It's quickly running out of room for everything I want to grow.  I couldn't wait any longer to smell fresh cut grass, so I gassed up the lawn mower and went to town with it.  I got stange looks from several people passing by.  I didn't care.  It's all about me and not them.   I was happy.  If I could have skipped while pushing the mowing without hurting myself, I would have.

     I'm so freakin' glad that Spring is finally here!!!

~*~

Kar

September air...

     Oh September.  I'm so glad you are finally here.  The little teases of Fall here and there the past couple of weeks have been fabulous.  But it is wonderful to know that it is officially started as far as I'm concerned.  Windows open all day and all night is just the absolute best.  A couple of mornings have been chilly enough that the windows had to be closed and an extra quilt was thrown on top of us.  Heaven in my book.

     The garden is slowing down with its daily treats.  There are a few flowers that still don't disappoint.  Even the bees are enjoying the last bits of pollen from the last of the sunflowers.  Their little legs look so heavy with pollen that we are amazed that they are able to fly at all.  It's wonderful to walk around the yard and see what is still hanging in there at the end of the season.  One last act of stubbornness before things will have to give in to the cool morning temps that are now here to stay.  Even our little feathered friends are starting to stock up for Winter.  They are around all day long and we are outside so much that we can now get with a foot of them and they won't fly off.  Gorgeous little birds the Nuthatches and Chickadees are.  Love hearing their songs through out the day.  Sweet things.

     The oven has been used several times in the last week.  A big difference compared to the entire Summer.  Favorite cool weather meals are starting to find themselves at the dinner table.  Comforting treats that warm the soul at the end of the day.

     The cooler temps have kept me occupied with more yarn projects.  There is just something about yarn and cool air that just go together.  I just can't shake it.  A second sweater was cast on being I totally goofed up on the size on the last one.  Long story short:  I did a total brain dump when I started the other one and never changed to the bigger needles as needed at a certain point of the pattern, totally throwing the whole gauge thing out the window.  It never clicked in my head and I made the entire sweater using the smaller needles.  I only woke up to this realization when I was sewing the buttons on to finish it and noticed that the sleeves just looked a bit small.  So instead of fitting the 3yr. old grandson it was intended for, it is now going to the 1yr. old grandson.  The new sweater is coming along just perfect as I have made sure this time not to forget very important bits of information in the pattern.  I made two others before this with no problem.  Just another reminder that I shouldn't work on projects like this while stressed out.

    A teeny, tiny break from knitting was taken for a whole day yesterday after I walked by all kinds of wonderful colors of yarn that was in my stash.  A quick gift for a friend was worked up while waiting for a couple of studious little people to finish their school work for the day.  I love how all the colors look together and am hoping that they will be loved by the dear friend when she gets them.

     Now back to enjoying this fabulous change in the weather.

~*~

Kar

Finally...

     I stepped outside the other morning to enjoy the cool morning air and happened to see something different laying about in the grass. Yellow colored leaves already falling from the trees.  The feeling of relief came over me while looking at the leaves.  A signal that this Summer is nearly over.  Finally!  That is all I kind think of in that moment.

     It has been a beast of a Summer here.  And I'm ready for it to move on so that slower times can take it's place.  Time for cozying up with blankets.  Time for cooler, less suffocating weather.  Time for hibernating.  And more time for creating.  It is time to wave goodbye to Summer and welcome another season in hopes that it will be better than the last.  One can hope.  

~*~

Kar