Apple time and thinking about Orchids too

Well the rains are here

Well the rains are here and perhaps you are thinking about when you have to bring your houseplants indoors. And while you're wondering, now is also a very good time to start feeding your orchids bloom food. 

And you will be rewarded for your effort come January or so.  All my cymbidiums are still out on the back deck and they look good.  I will leave them out until the first freeze.  And just as an experiment I'm going to leave one out through the freeze and see how it does.  Happy Fall.  It's here~

Nesting

 

I've been back two weeks and it seems like that's about what it takes for me to feel caught up and landed.  

And now it's raining and I'm feeling like doing lots of nesting. 

We've got lots of fun blankets and throws at the store for doing just that!

The One and Only Navone Jewelry

I'm working on doing some promo pieces for some fall trunk shows we have happening. Which basically means I'm looking for cool images.  Found this one from our amazing new jeweler Rachel Dean with Navone Jewelry in Bend.  I feel so lucky to have her work at the store. It's a great fit and it doesn't duplicate work we already have. In short, she's an original!  Stay tuned for a Navone trunk show in November.  More beautiful jewelry than you can imagine.

And while we're talking jewelry, do you think jewelry can bring you supernatural powers?  Well if we lived in the middle ages or studied ayurveda  we might.  And I have done neither of those things but I do think wearing jewelry is magical. I wore one of Rachel's rings all through my Oaxaca trip and I swear it made me more creatively inclined.

fabulous photo courtesy Rachel Dean

Otomi Textiles

 Ooooh, I brought some beautiful tablerunners back from Oaxaca.  Handstitched cotton on muslin. 

About 6 feet long.

Or how lovely as a wallhanging in a child's room?

Traditionally, they're all animal and flower motifs.

I love this section here with the two rabbits sharing a leaf.

I have about six or seven of them. Mostly blues ....

Back Home

 

Uh oh....I went to Mexico and forgot all about you my little blog.  Well also my computer  fritzed out when a massive rainstorm  (I think she was called tropical storm Olivet) blew onto my very well covered from above, but still unprotected from the elements when the rain is blowing sideways really hard, keyboard.  And so,while I had limited cell phone action, I still wasn't so plugged in computerwise.  No netflix, no facebook, no blog. It was kind of wonderful.  I spent a lot of time walking and talking to people and did some journaling and printmaking but mostly got really excited about drawing.  May I recommend drawing to the entire world as a means of slowing down and looking and noting and creating order and  world peace?  Dare I dream too big?  Seriously, how about if we all sit down and draw together?  And color things in too.  

Couldn't have been happier to come back to Passionflower and see it all so beautiful.

Ready to color it in and have a fantastic holiday season.

What Would I Do Without You

Have I told you how very special these two women are in my life?  Lila and Jamie are my two beloved managers at Passionflower  It's been almost a year since  Becky (who we miss every day) left us and, I have to say, those were some big shoes to fill and they've done the job admirably.  And without them, I wouldn't be down here in Oaxaca doing art and food tours. When you've been doing this as long as I have (20 plus years), it's really important to have some time to jumpstart the creative juices and charge the batteries.  So, a way big thank you to my wonderful managers and really to my whole staff for taking such good care of the store while I'm here in Oaxaca.

Happy September~!

Change is in the air and it's going to be a busy week - I'm leaving for Mexico on Saturday so putting all the finishing details on that, finishing up my holiday buying, and planning how we're moving the store into it's autumn incarnation.  Kind of my favorite time of the year.  Happy Autumn, coming soon to a store near you.