June is certainly a welcome month, isn't it? I myself am wholly ready for softer schedules, later sunsets and a refrigerator oozing with summer produce ... would you like to join me in a dish of watermelon for dessert? How about starting your morning with a juicy peach dripping down your chin into the kitchen sink? I'm dreaming of guilt free afternoons spent sipping peach iced tea with mint while reading a book on a beach or in my garden.
But my day planner has other ideas - it's telling me, "We're not quite done yet here sister". I'm actually on a train to NYC for garden club meetings as we speak. I really do love New York in the summer - you can get into restaurants, museums are less crowded and the weather can be lovely for walking. More on that below. READ MORE
Posts tagged: softness
Doucement 5/4/26
Brains are such funny things. I had my head in my hands noodling over what direction I could lean into for a marvelous Mothers Day note ... one worthy of all the wonderful women in your life, and sensitive to and celebratory of our sisters who drew a short stick.
This isn't that. I talked myself off this week's deadline ledge by saying, "Go softly. Doucement. Gentle on you." I gave myself permission to relax and enjoy the end of my week. I dawdled through three garden centers looking for geraniums in just the shade of pink I like. I drove 40 minutes to a farmers market and 40 home to get strawberries. I had some girlfriends over for dinner - I made a salad. I throttled back and relaxed.
It felt really good. I decided to focus on soft colors. I told myself "just have fun with it". I walked into the studio to play around with a new earring in soft pink that's been on the drawing board for awhile. And almost without thinking, two new earrings emerged. READ MORE