To me, lantana is a fine example of summer colors’ last gasp in Albuquerque’s high desert gardens. (Taken at the Biopark.)
INSPIRATION
Being the fourth Tuesday of the month, yesterday was one of the Adobe Wool Arts Guild’s demo days (we’re there the 1st and 4th Tuesdays) at Albuquerque’s Biopark, specifically the Botanic Garden. And although it clouded up and eventually rained, the morning was gorgeous: blue sky, cool, crisp. The colors in the gardens sparkled. I felt a need to pull out my phone and grab a few shots before the flowers all disappear into the chill of fall and winter.
I can’t grow cosmos in my yard here like I did back in Massachusetts. But I miss them. These, in the Biopark, turned their faces away from me and the wind that was blowing the storm in from the south.
When I got home, I headed into my own yard to record the colors of late September. Like the hummingbirds, most will be gone within a few weeks.
This is one of the bougainvillia. It lost its leaves last week, but not its vivid coral flowers.
Cherry tomatoes ripen in the garden after pretty much going dormant through the heat of July and August.
Despite the rosy-colored crepe myrtle, the turned leaves and the chiminea and even the shadows in the backyard remind me that autumn’s already arrived.The vivid color of this bougainvillia suggests that there’s still time for Tom to mix me another margarita. If you’d like one, you better hurry!
It may be the last gasp for summers’ colors, but it’s just beginning for pumpkins’ oranges, greens, and even blues!
Regardless of color, life goes on. Here at High on Hooking, we’re readying for a third show in less than two weeks. Sunday is the OffCenter Folk Art Festivalat Robinson Park in downtown Albuquerque. Lots to do before that! I’ve sold out of all double mug rug sets and most of the singles. I’ll finish up another three singles in the next couple of days. Meanwhile I’m starting a double. Or maybe it’ll be a quadruple…
Anyone showing up to the OffCenter Folk Art Festival to buy a rug will get 10% off if they mention this blog post! Hope to see you.
Tynan took a couple of weeks off, but he’s back with “What’s on the Frame?” That would be the double (or perhaps quadruple) mug rug that won’t be ready for sale this weekend. But there’s always November’s events (more on them later!) or even the Internet. Careful of those pins, dude!
2 comments
Debbie Moyes says:
Love your fall flower pictures. We still have a bit blooming but I’ve been pulling out zinnias and other annuals. There was some Fall color in NE but we have none as yet. I’m up in Asheville for anquilt show today and it smells like Fall here.
Instagram is interesting….I decided to try it because of you. I have some people following me and I have no idea why! I’ve only posted 4 pictures and nothing interesting!
I like your mug rug marketing – buy the rug and get the mug free! Clever you.
Hope you had a good time in Asheville. Fall in the mountains. Yes. More and more color down here too. I had to drive north of Santa Fe Saturday. Even though I heard on the news there was snow on the peaks, to see it in September (okay the last day of September!) was something new. Yeah, isn’t Instagram fun? I have people following me too. Why??? But I’m okay with that and not having to write much. Ah, the mug marketing was useless at the market I sold at yesterday. No one bought anything. Woman next to me selling wooden toys had a bad day too. Didn’t see too many people carrying bags from anyone’s booth, but it was a beautiful day and a fun event regardless. Plus, I’ll need those mugs in November!
Love your fall flower pictures. We still have a bit blooming but I’ve been pulling out zinnias and other annuals. There was some Fall color in NE but we have none as yet. I’m up in Asheville for anquilt show today and it smells like Fall here.
Instagram is interesting….I decided to try it because of you. I have some people following me and I have no idea why! I’ve only posted 4 pictures and nothing interesting!
I like your mug rug marketing – buy the rug and get the mug free! Clever you.
Hope you had a good time in Asheville. Fall in the mountains. Yes. More and more color down here too. I had to drive north of Santa Fe Saturday. Even though I heard on the news there was snow on the peaks, to see it in September (okay the last day of September!) was something new. Yeah, isn’t Instagram fun? I have people following me too. Why??? But I’m okay with that and not having to write much. Ah, the mug marketing was useless at the market I sold at yesterday. No one bought anything. Woman next to me selling wooden toys had a bad day too. Didn’t see too many people carrying bags from anyone’s booth, but it was a beautiful day and a fun event regardless. Plus, I’ll need those mugs in November!