Artful Journey

October is that quintessential New England time of year... the leaves gloriously transform into gold, orange and red before that crisp brown fluttering to earth. For us, combining the scenery with apple picking is a treasured family tradition. Booked a picking time, Keeping everyone safe. Surrounded by the colors of Fall, The work begins Fruits of our labor Congrats! We’ve earned some hot apple cider and warm apple cider donuts! Lots of baking to look forward to.

A few late roses remain in the garden and while a couple of rainy, windy days have blown some petals off, they are still quite full and beautiful. I have one mum that comes back every year, but the profusion of blossoms means I haven’t planted any additional fall flowers. I will continue to enjoy these for as long as possible. I have tulip bulbs to plant, but I can hold off for a while longer.     Even the bee seems happy! Some procreate practice.

T stands for a taste of fall... Watercolor fall flowers Ombré orange   Procreate practice  T stands for a wine tasting at one of our favorite small businesses, Mill River Winery. Love our table. Wine barrel filled with Mill River corks. We teamed our sample with a charcuterie plate. Just a bite,  But delicious 

 Mild temperatures make it easy to extend summer a little longer. Warm temperatures coupled with shorter evenings gave an added gift of seeing a beautiful sunset on a quiet beach. Crane beach at Sunset.... The gates closed at 6:20 giving us time to visit our favorite ice cream shop. After a 6 mile walk on the beach, we thought a treat was in order. Minty fresh! Beach weather continues today, although a little breezy, we are not to be deterred. First, celebrations are in order. Birthday breakfast  Yay! It’s Fiona’s birthday and that’s a great reason to celebrate and be thankful. So grateful for my beautiful daughter, beach buddy extraordinaire, fabulous and fun, loyal and kind, master mask maker, book lover, baker, artist, fleur -a-holic, chauffeur and all good things! Our family is so lucky!!   Sunny beach birthday... Just the start of birthday celebrations!