today in the studio...and and and

I have a number of projects in the works today- all for my Fall Website Update set for an unknown day in mid October (I'll be sure to make an announcement soon when I figure out when the big day will be).


The change of season is so pronounced up here in Minnesota, so shifting from the colors and airy feel of summer into the muted beauty of fall is cake- perhaps an Apple Cake. Speaking of- what am I going to do with allllllll thhhheeeessseee appppllleees we picked last weekend?! This is what I'm putting on the table tonight. Anyway, the garden has been in decline, the trees are beginning to change, the shadows in the back yard are totally different than they were just a month ago, it's getting dark earlier, I've had to close the windows at night to keep the house warm but it's still bright and sunny and the days have been glorious. The expansion of Spring and the excess of Summer is leveling out into Fall, and while the seasons are making their annual shifts it seems I found a good balance in the studio too. Working for a few hours in the morning or afternoon and spending the rest of my day with Claude. There has been lots of playing around here. In the evenings Jay and I play cards or I head out to the pottery studio to make pots with a friend- (I'll share what I've been making when something comes out of the kiln). For the time being there seems to be a joyful balance in our little household as we watch the last outside days slipping way. Happily I'm greeting this fall without reluctance. It isn't always that way so when I was happily sewing this morning I couldn't help but notice the pleasure I was feeling about the day and frankly about life. I hope all is very well in your world today and continues that way into the coming chilly months of the year...