Collage of Curiosities No. 7
Autumn
Autumn. It’s my favorite time of year. We slip into a new world golden and dramatic. Many people talk about the sense of renewal they feel in the new year, but for me, it comes as grape vines begin to turn ochre and the hay fields are sun-bleached, ready for harvest.
Maybe it’s the school year beginning or the sense of a slate wiping clean as nature takes herself back to bare bones but it energizes me to no end.
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Black cherry tomatoes and Cranberry hibiscus flowers harvested from the garden. The petals from the flower can be used to make tea.
Kenny, Luna, Mabel, and I on a hike in Pisgah National Forest around Thanksgiving.
A spray of dried flowers and a pumpkin harvested from my garden throughout the year. Pictured is a petite Seminole Pumpkin, Breakout Dahlia, Oakleaf Hydrangea, Autumn Fern, Nigella seed head, Chrysanthemums, Zinnia seed heads, and Pink Muhly Grass.
Mushrooms and moss covering a fallen tree in Pisgah National Forest.
This drawing of Cosmos flowers entitled “Sylphs” was sent off to a new home. You can shop The Stirring Collection here.
A Chester County, Pennsylvania creek during an early morning Autumn hike with the ladies from my mastermind.
We moved our miniature donkeys, mother and son Winnie and Winston, to a new home this Autumn. Their new home is closer which will mean I get to visit them more frequently. Bonus, they are now boarded with Winnie’s mom and half-sister!
Chrysanthemums harvested from the garden to dry. Varieties are “Coral Cavalier” and “Coppersmith”
An old farmhouse in West Chester, Pennsylvania.
Where to next?
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
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