Had a little break in the rain this morning, so I skeedaddled out to the garden to take some photos.  I love the fresh feeling of a morning-after-rainy-night.  My flower pots are still lovely because we've enjoyed such nice weather this fall, and with a little kiss of moisture, and under the gray cloud cover, they just look especially beautiful this morning.  I had to share.

I've been so reisting the change of seasons from summer to fall this year, because our summer came so, so late to the Pacific Northwest.  I just wanted it to last a little (really...a lot) longer.  And, the truth is, I've been riding around town topless up until this week.  So.  I can't complain.  And, I feel sort of ready now.  Ready to cozy into wool sweaters and candlelight and apple crisp.

The hardest thing for me to let go of when the weather turns cool?  My flip flops.  Anyone else?  I know!  I live in them all summer long.  But, let me tell you something.  Hot flashes?  I pretty much loathe them, but I will say, they're keeping me in flip flops, even though the weather has turned cooler.  You've got to make lemonade out of lemons, right?  If I must have hot flashes, at least I can have them in flip flops.  hahaha

The cooler weather beckons me to the studio, too.  Which is a good thing, since at last count I have been accepted to five art fairs.  I'm giddy with excitement, tickled pink!  Truly.  So, I'm grateful for the rain this morning, because it's moved me into megacreativemode.  I took time yesterday to plan out the next three weeks before the Llewellyn HolidayMarket and Abernethy Art & Craft Fair.  I'm a planner.  Must know what needs to happen when, in order to get it all done.  I literally printed out calendars from the internet, and laid out daily goals to keep me on task.  Because.  With so much to do, I tend to become a deer-in-headlights.  There's so much, that I get a little bit paralyzed.  But not today.  No siree!  In fact, I feel pretty good about my timeline, my tasks, and how they're all fitting together.  Again...that "everything is happening just as it should be" mode.  Seriously.  It's like some benevolent alien has booted my inner critic and settled in to soothe me into the whirl of holiday art fairs.  I'm a little blown away by it.  So not my usual modus operandi.  Am riding this wave as long as I can.

In the meantime, I made fresh chocolate chip banana bread yesterday afternoon.  Am settled in to my studio chair, with a steamy mug of coffee in one hand, paint brush in the other.  Lucky, lucky girl.

Comments

[Jeanne]

YES! I am a flip-flop gal too! I had to give mine up for the cool temps too. I never thought about using them for "hot flash" attire, but my feet aren't usually the body part that feels the hot flashes.
xo
jeanne