Onward!

                                                                                                                                                

      I love this poster--bought in England some years ago. It goes on the wall in January, and I think it has a dream-like quality that fits the season.

Once the tree was down and the ornaments stowed away, I found I couldn't put up with green and red any longer so embarked on my usual seasonal shift to blue and yellow.  

             The dried-out greenery on the mantel was tossed but we left the twinkle lights, as well as the lights on the bookcase, the stairs, and the dining room windows. The days have been quite dreary, for the most part, and the extra light is cheering.      

                                                             

For luck--pork, rice and black-eyed peas, greens with onion. 

Now, suitably fortified, on into 2024 . . . 

                                                

Seasonal Shift

                                                                             

The Equinox (9/23) is a week away but cooler weather and a desire to spread out the work had me getting started on my seasonal rearranging yesterday. Down come the paintings of white lilies and the blue and white porcelain and up go the mountain road and the quilters, in suitably autumnal colors. And some crows.

                                                       

Away with the seashells and summer stuff in the corner cupboard. I guess I'm glad that I have only two shelves to work with since Josie's Castle People have exercised Eminent Domain on the bottom two.

Yes, those are cleaning supplies under Danielle Barlowe's beautiful Raven. (If you don't know her work, give yourself a treat and check out her website HERE.) Moving stuff around always reveals an embarrassing accumulation of dust and cobwebs to be dealt with. Another good reason for this seasonal shift.

There's still lots to do, mainly cleaning--but it can wait.