Bad Blogger

I think I want a blog but then I don't write. What's up with that? I need a do over. I have things I should say or announce. Good thing no one knows I have a blog. I would disappoint them.

I have been working in the garden. The past week has been so beautiful, perfect fall weather. I have yet to get a frost so I am still enjoying tomatoes, peppers, eggplants and basil. Bushels of them. I have been calling my self the girl who called frost because I have got my son to come help me pick all the vegies before a threatened frost twice. But while the weather was good I put in trays of broccoli, cauliflower, bock choy, watercress, spinich and arugula I had planted and spinich, radish and beets direct seed. Depending on the weather a fall garden can go one for months here in North Carolina. Ida is here now so it is time to turn my interests indoors.

In My Studio

Waiting on the shelf for art are many little scenes like this. I imagine them in a conversation about the times they were almost used but were put back for what ever reasons the art gods deemed right. The sun shines brightly on them today as they look on at the lucky pieces below who made it into a piece on my table.

My Trip to Shangra La Stone Village

My husband spotted this place near Prospect Hill, North Carolina. I love the easy chairs on the lawn and the fountain. Created by Henry Warren a retired tobacco farmer. On line I read the incorporated 11,000 arrowheads into the sidewalks around his home. His wife said as long as he had a cigarette and a Cocoa-Cola , he'd keep building.

Buckwheat in Bloom

Buckwheat in bloom. So delicate. The bees were working it like mad and just suddenly moved on to some late sunflowers. I would like to show you the first buckwheat grain, a beautiful pink. But I don't know how to add another photo. oh ree. The things I don't know about blogging could fill a book. But I'm trying. Because in my mind I want to blog but in my life it materializes in fits and starts.

If You Were Here I'd Make You a Sandwich

If you were here I'd make you a sandwich like this. One of the most delicious I've ever eaten. Fresh roasted San Marzano paste tomatoes (have you seen them, they are huge?), avocado, onion, chopped hot pepper, and baked smoked tofu on rustic bread toasted and rubbed with garlic. Oh man. Garden fresh, healthy and yummy.

Beginning

I have wanted to start a blog for far too long. A place to put my thoughts. Thoughts about art. Thoughts about gardening. About food. Quotes. Weather. My dog. Colors. Photos. Yes, finally a place to put some photos. So here I am beginning. One letter after another. Finally beginning.