End of Summer?

It occurred to me yesterday that Wednesday is the 1st of September. I do find this fabulous, but I think that I may have misplaced the majority of my summertime. I'm learning more and more that if one doesn't hold onto moments and truly enjoy them, they often fly by and you wonder what you have been doing all of this time. Properly scolded, I do resolve to enjoy the last remaining moments of my summer and definitely the moments of my autumn. September and October have become some of my favorite months of the year. The weather is still warm, but cooling off, and Halloween is approaching. (Side Note: any suggestions for Halloween costumes?).


I do have a confession to make. I've been spending and inordinate amount of time reading in Starbuck's this summer. There is actually quite a lot of justification for this, but I still feel a slight twinge when I remind myself of the mom and pop coffee shops that I could be patronizing if only I could find them. That said, one still finds a bit of artwork even in a corporate monster. This flower is a detail from a print that was handily near my cushy chair.

Some of the things I have been reading in Starbuck's have been magazines, magazines that I have subsequently cut up into bits and made into collages. I find this both creative and in the spirit of recycling...(however, I still have a lot of leftover bits).

I enjoy how this collage turned out because it is vibrant while still being a bit haunting. I also have a great affinity for orange...and most of the other sunset colors.

I particularly like the collage with the goat peaking out. I've been told that he definitively marks this piece as my own. Perhaps every picture should have an impish goat peaking out at odd corners...perhaps real life should. A spying goat might make us all mind our manners a bit better.

By the way, I'm not usually so trendy as to go out and buy cupcakes at an actual cupcake establishment, but Sugar Fix in Old Town Pasadena just opened at the beginning of the month, and I wanted to try their cupcakes. This was my first cupcake expedition ever!

I had an Oreo cookie cupcake and I brought back a chocolate cupcake for a friend. My cupcake had an Oreo cookie baked into the center. I've found that the Oreo cookie is probably the most processed cookie in America, and we do find a way to bake/stir/ cram it into anything...still a decent cupcake. And I didn't hear any complaints about the chocolate cupcake either. If cupcake runs are your thing, I'd recommend Sugar Fix. Confidentially however, I still don't quite "get" the fad.



I hope all is well with all of you who read this...and even those who don't. Perhaps my next blog will be about great ideas for the fall.