Hello from Sunday night
Well, hello autumn! Is everyone ready? Ready for the mountains of leaves and crisp apples and chrysanthemums? Bring it on!It's been a rainy week here on the West Coast, and just as well for me because I really needed to cocoon and spend some time in thought and meditation, but the glorious weekend brought sun and loads of it and a wonderful Saturday at the river and Sunday at the beach.Dogs, and farmer's markets abound and also strange little art get-togethers. I love that, you know. I mean I love dogs and farmer's markets, but so love to see a group of people, of all ages and expertise levels, set up their easels, paints and canvases and just go for it for the day. There was a group at the river, about 30 strong, ages five to 85, who painted En Plein-Air for four hours and presented their masterpieces in one of the historic shipyard buildings as an exhibition. I just loved every painting I saw.One more thing which means super fall to me is HOCKEY! YAY! Clove and I caught the first Wolf Pack game. C's boy Bryson is an extraordinary skater and has been serving as a linesman for the higher league hockey games, and this game was being played 10 minutes away, so naturally we went to support him. The Wolf Pack team is the last minor league boys can play in before they get called up to the NHL, (or not), so scouts are watching, and the game is fast paced and...um...testosterone-y to the max. In the third period, there were three WP players off the ice in penalties for roughing at the same time. I'm so glad that Bryson has years of Aikido as offensive training...lol. Although we're technically cheering for the refs, it's nice when the home team wins, and the Wolf Pack did! :DSo, two more days and we technically put summer 2014 to rest. How is everyone feeling about that? Does anyone do anything about celebrating the equinox? A little pagan ritual or something? I've been watching Outlander and now love all things Scottish...including Robbie, who is Scots...but now want to do something spectacular to bring in the fall, like build a stone henge right in my back yard and have a ceremony. I know, I don't tend to do things by half...lol. Maybe I'll just make a piece of jewellery from one of the pieces of ancient flint I've strung up on a copper wire. What do we think? Maybe a necklace with mystical powers? Looking up the powers of flint, I think I need to get this book!Well, that about sums up my week and weekend. Hope yours was wonderful and you got the best out of it. If it wasn't, then oh well, tomorrow's a new day. Big hugs for a wonderful and shiny week ahead everyone. :DPS: I have another of those darn spaghetti squashes round here. Anyone know something spaghetti squash fabulous?Sharing with Judith and the mosaic bunch. :D