yes I know…. I'm rushing it here. {no throwing rotten tomatoes at me please} I apologize to those that are Summer-loving, hold on to the last hot day, scorching sun-worshipping folks out there…. I am definitely not from your tribe. I am an Autumn girl. as the mid-August sun beats down on my shoulders in my garden, I'm dreaming of the first tangy smell of woodsmoke in the air ~ as I harvest tomatoes & cucumbers from the twisting vines, I want to instead find myself on a wooded path hunting for wild mushrooms… ...as I watch the sunflowers, petunias & black eyed suzy's fade away, I long to decorate with pumpkins ~ and cozy up the farmhouse once again. even my sewing basket and my blog today reflects the mind-set I'm in…. you may say I'm rushing it… I say I'm willing it to come early ~ … so I can enjoy it's fleeting colors, sounds, sights & smells for just a wee bit longer. the locusts and cicadas are scratching out their last Summer songs high in the black walnut trees and last night I heard the calls of two Saw Whet Owls deep in our back woods…. ...how could my thought not drift to golden leaves and bright blue October skies? ~ my heartstrings are eternally entwined with Autumn vines of bittersweet ~ and I welcome the changing seasons once again…. If you stand very still outside today… and listen carefully to the wind, the trees ~ the birds. if you lift your face to the fading sun and feel lessening rays… if you walk on the earth barefoot and feel the slight changes in the grass beneath your Summer soles and inhale the scents of Summer's passing… ~ you'll know exactly what I mean. Hoping you all have a beautiful & creative day my sweet friends! ~ Blessings from the Farm ~ Lori