fall is the new summer

tap tap tap...  is this thing on?  (that’s me tapping on a microphone, ahem)  is anyone out there?  

well, after a long and unplanned summer off from blogging, i’m back and here to say happy september!  i love this time of year.  i get back into a routine, wear more cardigans, switch back to hot coffee in the afternoon, and go crazy attempting clean and organize around the house.  september also has me in the creative zone, new projects and ideas are afoot... 

but, truth be told, i'd like to pretend it’s really just late june.  seriously, where OH where did the summer go?  i feel as if i’ve walked through one of those spinning doorways that they have in fancy hotels and big office buildings, you know, those ones that go round and round and you have to kinda jump out of at just the right time or you feel like you’ll be sucked in?  w h o o o s h  !  there was my summer.  don't get me wrong, it was one wonderful summer, but it certainly made me dizzy.  it was dizzy with work, dizzy with two-year old-ness, dizzy with a wee bit of relaxing by the kiddie pool (thanks to wine spritzers with a squeeze of lime).  OH, and perhaps best of all - there was that one week with sandy toes and swinging at the shore, our measly little attempt at a real vacation. i’m happy to report that it was somewhat successful.  

but, as some of you may remember from the last time we talked, i was busily getting ready for my first online workshop.  yup.  it happened, i did it, it was AH-mazing.  more than i could have ever imagined... !  i will fill you in more on this soon with an “official” recap of pages and paint, but for now, i am getting my act together for my IN person workshops at Squam....  and much to my surprise, it’s NEXT WEEK people.  one week from now i’ll be in those magical woods teaching new friends how to get messy with paint and collage.  there will be music playing and good things brewing...  there will be the lake out one window and the trees out the other.  cannot wait.  there will be delicious food and fabulous (adult) conversation to boot.  but, confession, i seriously thought that i had a couple more weeks, (note that part about me pretending it’s still june)... so it came as a wee bit of a shock when i actually decided to turn the calendar over the weekend - gulp.  what the what? we just had labor day?  why didn’t anyone tell me?  as i may have mentioned, i’m pretending that it’s still flag day.  ( june 14th, just for the record.  a random fact drilled in my brain from 5th grade ).  

anywhoo...  today i am packing up inspiration packs, pulling together class supplies, printing out posters and digging though the closet to find my winter stuff.  it gets cold up there in those woods.  i’ve been known to wear my long down jacket to bed with a hat AND a down comforter. chilly but cozy. 

oh, AND i just rearranged my entire studio in a crazy fit of september clean slate fever. not sure what i was thinking, but i best get back up there and put it back together.  

OH, and then there’s this guy who came to live with us over the weekend!  our neighbors moved to Rome and gave us their dog. true story.  how could we say no to that little face?!

 

never a dull moment these days...  but now i can check "get back to blogging" off of my list : )  

more soon.  missed ya.  stay tuned.  

how was your summer?  do you wish it was still flag day too?  (is it only me?!) 

xo *s