Posts tagged: softness

Slipping into a Soft Sandy Summer 6/1/26

Slipping into a Soft Sandy Summer 6/1/26

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

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Doucement 5/4/26

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

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