{Summer is ending, and fall is just around the corner. To preserve some of the joy my garden has given me this year, I’ve decided to do a series of posts with just one photo of something that caught my eye in the garden one Sunday morning.}
This post by Jerry Brito is so on point, as far as I can tell from personal experience. It’s so nice to find someone who states it so well.
Enjoy!
a large pitcher of green ice tea with lemon and a long, uninterrupted afternoon of writing.
amazing works of art that stir the intellect and foment creative instincts. So, thank you, Matisse, Renoir, Cezanne and Picasso. And thank you, Gertrude, Leo, Michael and Sarah Stein, for having the incredible sensitivity of mind to value and support these artists and their works before the rest of the art world caught on.
(Guess where I spent yesterday! If you guessed the Steins Collect at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Picasso exhibit at the de Young Museum in San Francisco, you’d be right!)
little herb seedlings that survived in a thicket of weeds in my garden. What a pleasant surprise!
a good book in which to get lost (in this case, A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness) and a bit of time to read.
a darn-close-to-newborn fawn and doe quietly passing through my yard this morning.
(But, I wish I was a little faster with my camera! 🙂 )
a hot cup of tea and a few moments of silence as the sun rises.
My boys are essentially done with our formal homeschooling for the year. I’ve also made the choice to cut back on my book reviews and some of my blogging for the summer. So, I have more freedom to pursue other creative projects consistently. I’ve been brainstorming some goals for my summer and have decided on the following:
1. My friend is expecting a baby in October, so I’ve decided to knit a baby blanket for her. I’m using Plymouth’s Fantasy Naturale No. 9903 (raspberry, white and mint) to make an Eyelet and Garter Baby Afghan (C112).
2. I want to write poetry again because I feel that I’ve neglected that aspect of my writing to my detriment. To that end, I’ve promised my writing group to present a new poem on June 17.
3. This past spring, I attended a SCBWI conference and came away with an idea for an early chapter book series. I would like to tackle that project this summer. I will need to (a) read a bit more about the genre, (b) research background for my book, (c) create characters that will interest children, and (d) plot out a story line. I’m also looking into joining a critique group for children’s book writers to push myself to reach my goal.
4. I’ve made a goal to try a new recipe each week with my sons. This week, I am trying new potato & turkey skillet supper with chard, feta, lemon and grape tomatoes from the June 2011 issue of Clean Eating magazine.
5. I’m hoping to get back to some art journaling, but I haven’t come up with a definite project yet.
With this list posted, I intend to record my progress in future posts.
