the boy swims, the berries are sweet

I was feeling a little guilty about all the peony love lust in my last post, so please say hello to this charming mountain laurel, so lovely in her own modest way. Speaking of flowers, here is a nice flower/decorating link from Design Sponge: best of floral inspiration--each picture links to a sneak peek (a look inside someone's home). My favorite is the Glasgow home of Fiona Douglas of Bluebellgray. I adore the red rose cushion. And the words bluebell and gray.

 I continue to make these whimsical little collages. I work on them in the evening, while listening to jazz radio. Despite years of painting and writing, I have never found creating things theraputic, but this is fun and relaxing, and I get a kick of out putting together words and pictures. Look at the strange little phrases (sections in a book) from the above Mysteries in the Bird World:

Islands of Birds--Effects of Musketry--Timid Damsels--Meaning of Montreal...
It's all so strange and wonderful.

Typed ingredients for plum conserve here, and a bit of an old grammar book: What adjectives do you use to name the qualities of a book? a rose? a ball?


Tomorrow I go to Vermont to bring home my son for the summer (remember this?) and we are going to visit a dear friend at a farm where they make goat's milk cheese. I hope to have some good pictures of goats for you next week.