AUTUMN’S INSPIRATION

I love watercolor!  I love leaves! I love old books!

Creative and inspirational….

Treasures from nature….

Through the eyes of one who loves life and dreams

in color!!!

All photos from a dynamic new blogger I discovered: http://craftberrybush.blogspot.com/

Enjoy This Day!!

DELICIOUS AUTUMN!

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I COULD LIVE IN AUTUMN FOREVER!!

Happy Monday Everyone!

ON A SIDE NOTE….

“There’s rosemary, that’s for remembrance; pray you, love, remember.”
-William Shakespeare (Hamlet, Act 4, Scene 5)

I harvested my flower boxes for autumn and brought in to dry my…..

rosemary….

thyme…..

and lavender…..

and I hung them in bundles above my studio work table.

The fragrance is so commanding, so overpowering.. …I am having trouble concentrating!!!

What a lovely distraction!!!

READING ROOMS…

I HAVE BEEN SO INTO READING AS OF LATE, I FIND I AM DRAWN TO THE “LIBRARY” SETTING.  GIVE ME A GOOD BOOK, COMFORTABLE READING CHAIR,  AND A WINDOW TO DREAM FROM….

OF COURSE, BIG WINDOW, BIG DREAMS…. NO READING!

SOFTEN A ROOM WITH FABRIC AND ADD A CHANDELIER AND I WILL STAY ALL DAY…..

I LOVE THE BRIGHT AND FRIENDLY GREEN DRAPERY PANEL AGAINST THE MULTITUDE OF COLORFUL BOOK BINDINGS AND THE INVIGORATING PATTERN IN THE RUG.  A ROOM RIPE FOR SOFA SNUGGLING AND DIVING INTO A THRILLER WHO-DONE-IT!

MY FAVORITE, OUT OF SO MANY BEAUTIFUL ROOMS, WAS THIS COZY YET LIVELY LIBRARY EQUIPED WITH FLORAL CHINTZ SOFAS AND  WELL CHOSEN PACHYDERM IN THE HOME OF ACTOR JIMMY STEWART.  (elephants are a family favorite with us!)

YET, A CLOSE SECOND WAS THIS SOPHISTICATED AND LIVELY ROOM EQUIPED WITH CLASSY SWAGS AND KEPT CASUAL WITH WOVEN WOODS UNDERNEATH…..AND RED IS JUST SO FUN TO BE AROUND!

WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORIE ATMOSPHERES FOR READING???

ENJOY THE WEEKEND!!!

WINDOW WISHING….

If I could wish a window, the window I wish……

photo courtesy:  housebeautiful.com

HAVE A GREAT WEDNESDAY!!!

MELTING MONDAY’S MISERY….

After a loooooooooong day yesterday, I went home and curled up in my imagined library with the latest suggested October read from another fellow blogger, The Woman In White, and quickly forgot Monday misery. 

A marvelous way to unwind the first day of the week…..

Hope your week is a happy one!!!!

WINDOW WISHING….

If I could wish a window, the window I’d wish…..

photo courtesy www.traditionalhome.com

HAVE A GREAT WEDNESDAY!!