We interrupt this break...

...to shake our heads in amazement at the craziness of the weather!

For the first half of the week we all wondered when it became October? Rainrainrain, grey, and chilly-cold. Sweaters and thick socks.


It rained so heavily on Sunday that the local streams rose over their banks and flooded the roads (and a few basements) for a few hours.


Overall, it has been a remarkably cool and damp August...


But the sun has come out again - bringing the heat with it. Maybe I'll get some summer squash and cherry tomatoes this month after all.


I did get to harvest enough flowers and herbs for a yummy salad for dinner.*

And now back to our regularly scheduled studio time...

*Garden salad ingredients:
Greens: leaf spinach, rustic arugula, climbing spinach, garden sorrel, salad burnett
Herbs: creeping golden oregano, spicy globe basil, chives, chervil, parsley, cilantro
Flowers: marjoram, viola, scarlet runner bean, borage, calendula, garlic chives, purple chives, and sweet cicely.

Best served with a sweet dressing - poppy seed, raspberry vinaigrette or my current favorite - Sesame pear!