No shortage of sun on the first day this year I actually get to chill out. After 2 months to look for a house, 2 to buy one, and five more of projects, not without play, then the party, it is wise to take a break!
The sunflowers have started to wilt, as expected and hoped. They will become lawn sculpture for over the winter. Before the party, I pulled leaves off the sunflower stems in strategic locations, to expose the wilted flowerheads. The effect is dramatic, in a gothic, filigreed kind of way. Such an effect is what many of my art and home projects are all about.
These apples are about ready....enough for many baskets.....
Sunflowers.....
Poles support two of the sunflowers. I lost two plants completely in August because they were growing crooked, and sunflowers are very top heavy.
Why do they all wilt to the east? There is certainly something spiritual and zen about their poses.
Bird feeding
Last of the crop. Most of these final butternuts are like 1/3 the size of the butternuts that blossomed in midsummer.
A very fine wine stand, housewarming gift from Vas & Sal, an aspen log from Colorado.....
I will probably nail a varnished board to the flat top of the wine-log, so as to create a shelf.
A good day for football, even though Miami pounced on New England! Click on photo to see the horrible New England stats.
The yellow TV stand is the antique work bench from Brimfield last spring.
