The importance of natives

A friend of mine just shared this article with me, and it pretty well sums up why I care about plants:

Just Because It'll Grow in Your Yard Doesn't Mean You Should Plant It, by Lisa Novik. 


Photo from If Nature Could Talk

Cool my eyes

 

 

 

My eye keeps being drawn to images dense with color and coolness.  I think the dry summer is starting to get to me.


1: Charles Burchfield via what were the skies like
2: by Olaf Hajek
3: 1945 New Yorker
4:  Morris Louis via secret little gem

5: Cover illus. by Józef Wilkoń for Tygrys o złotym sercu, 1963 From the collection of Hipopotam

Studio Shack

I think often about building myself a little fort/studio.  Someday when we buy a house, I imagine there will be a small corner of the yard where I can pitch a 12x12 frame, slap on some old windows, and move right in.  I've already begun hoarding old doors, and I keep an eye out for discarded casement windows.  For now, these are my inspiration. 

Top photo: Erica Weiner
Middle photo: seier+seier
Bottom photo: Shannon Rankin

Channel Islands in June

Summer Style Notes

 

Daydreaming about a summer wardrobe that was made for sitting on the  edge of a windy beach or walking my imaginary dog through the coastal sage scrub. 

Denim/ Lake Michigan, MI by SUPERDANGER
Rilleau leather belts (I was lucky enough to inherit one of these from my grandmother)
Image found via Miss Moss
Swimming Pool scarf from Red Brick
Belt from Joinery

Dispatch from Vermont: Fresh Morels

My parents were extremely excited to find a single morel in their woods, which they quickly cooked up in an omelette.   Then a friend mentioned that they had a whole patch of them, and invited my parents over to harvest to their hearts' content.  My mom brought her new trug from Ancient Industries, while my dad took the photos of the bounty.  What a life!




*Full disclosure: I hate eating mushrooms, but I love everything else about them.

Lynx spider!

SO pleased to find this guy in the garden today.  Just a wee young thing, but hopefully it will grow and reproduce more aphid eating lynxes.  Such a beautiful spider (a little shy, though).