A few more dahlias to escort you into the weekend!
I'll be away from the blog for a few days, but will hopefully return with some finished socks and maybe something new if I'm lucky...fingers crossed!
I hope you all have a fantastic weekend! xo
A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.
~Lao Tzu
We went to the Dahlia festival last weekend...my sister and I went Saturday, and Mr. NK and I returned on Sunday. It was phenomenal. We were a little challenged with some overcast skies and wind, but we made the most of it...who cares about wind and clouds when you have a bounty of color and texture at your fingertips!
I hope you enjoy the view!
Wishing you a fabulous weekend! xo
The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.
~Marcus Aurelius
uh-oh! Things went a little wonky last night and I wasn't able to finish up my Friday's flowers post for today. Boo!
It'll be up this weekend...I hope you'll stop by again!
Have a fabulous weekend! xo
Organizing is what you do before you do something,
so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.
~A. A. Milne
The golden hour...that brief period of time before sunset when the light is warm and shadows are soft.
We were lucky to take an evening walk during this time earlier this week. I learned that photography is good exercise, as I squatted down for the shots so many times over the course of our walk that my quads were sore the next day! Who knew!?
Get on your walking shoes...we're heading out.
Dare to reach out your hand into the darkness,
to pull another hand into the light.
~Norman B. Rice
The summer is ending...I'm a dyed in the wool autumn girl, but even I am not ready for its departure. Sigh.
If you've been reading for awhile, you know that I do a big FF post of images from my mom's garden entitled 'Babette's garden'. This is my favorite post of the year to shoot and to write about, but it I'm not quite ready for the full post, so I thought I'd give you a prologue.
An "appetizer" if you will...
I'm almost done shooting...she has some new things this year, and I want to give them a wee bit more time to ripen...
...I hope you'll hang around for the main course!! It should be served up soon.
In the mean time, happy Friday! I have weekend duty at work, knitting and catching up from a very busy two weeks at work.
What about you? Any fun plans you'd like to share with us?
I hope you all have a fabulous weekend! xo
The greatest gift of the garden is the restoration of the five senses.
~Hanna Rion
Manzanita has a farmer's market on Friday evenings. This was our first visit to the market...it's the hot spot on Friday night to be sure!
We were totally smitten with the garlic, both photographically and taste, and took home quite a bit for cooking and planting!
There was face painting for the kids...too cute!
We picked up some kale and veggies for dinner that evening...yum!
We had a fabulous visit with Dana and her husband over the garlic. Dana has a wonderful blog over at The Go Lightly Gourmet. Go check her out, she's got some delicious sounding recipes for garlic and other goodies, as well!
There were so many cute little bouquets all around...
As it's Friday's Flowers, I'll let this darling little munchkin with the flower in her bright red hair end the post and send you off into the weekend with a shout of joy!!
I hope you have a great one! xo
Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow.
~Helen Keller
