I love when a design moves you through its simplicity.
It all started with collecting some ugly pumpkins.
When the early days of autumn strike, I am on the hunt for the unusual and visually appealing textural gourds and pumpkins. Stems, bumps, warting and texture are top of the list. The small “Baby Pam” variety are a favorite too as they are a petite version of the larger cousins we use for carving.
How can autumn be segmented into only warm and colorful palettes?
The various shades of green and neutrals sends the message of autumn in an unexpected way
Daily, we see the fall season repainting the landscape with new faded softer tones. Shades of beige, tawny browns, faded green and so on.
Sometimes I wonder when the heat and oppressive humidity of a Northeast US summer will end. And then, all of a sudden, I need a blanket to sleep and the summer plants that kept me company through the heat are giving their last show.
Even though that sounds high-drama and melancholy… the feelings of revamping the exterior spaces start to well-up.
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