Mums. The first thing that comes to mind is the tidy Porch Pots that line the entryways to grocery stores every fall. Small bushes in pots with lots of little flowers that are so ubiquitous they seem boring and matronly. After my first year of growing dahlias I was so sad to have an end to the flower season that I was searching for any flower that could fill in that late fall bloom taper. Chrysanthemums were the plant that…
You know, I love the summer a lot. A LOT. Off season I pine for it and dream of it and pray for it’s speedy arrival. But there’s something about autumn – especially the month of September. I think if September were a day of the week it would definitely be a Saturday. Saturday is the perfect day, in my opinion because the possibilities for accomplishment, rest, self care, and joy are expansive on the first full day of the…
Oh Autumn, I both dread you and welcome you. I love summer and all of the sunny relief that it brings from the winter doldrums, but it is also such a busy and tiring time of projects and outdoor chores. At the peak of summer we have daylight until after 10:00 pm in my neck of the woods, and you’d better believe that we make the most of every molecule of light. When autumn descends, it offers the promise of…