Green at the end of summer

Maybe it is not quite the end of summer, but the garden is looking kind of sad. Mostly due to lack of water, I am sure. We swelter all day and hope for an evening thunderstorm!

September is blue month. I even have some blue knitting I could be getting on with, but it has been too hot to have any knitted fabric in my lap. I would like to get it done, though. I also have a blue sewing project that needs a bit of attention. Always lots to do...

My latest project has been going through old Vogue Knitting magazines to see if I can part with any. I haven't dared to look at my old favourites from the 1990s yet, but I have about halved my collection from 2000-2020. Well, I have set them aside and offered them on Ravelry, but I still have them in my house. For now. In a week or so they go to a little free library if they are still here. 

Not much else happening here! 
 

Update on greenness

Just some random green things. 

These extraterrestrial-looking buds open out into giant hot pink flowers, which I think is pretty cool. 

This is our kids' elementary school. I remember, years ago, going with the grade 1s out to plant muscari bulbs among the bushes here. One neighbour tended the garden here for decades, long after her child left the school. Then one day some schoolboard employees came along and ripped it all out! Lame excuses were made but all that remains is about a foot of mulch all over everything. I hope I can post a happy updated picture in a few months, but I doubt it. 

The other day we went to the McMichael gallery, about an hour's drive from here. My neighbour's sister has a show on there now, and this was taken in the garden outside. Well worth a trip. 

Lastly, a cool green cup of hot tea. I continue to test out the heirloom teacups to see which are nice to use. This one's handle is not all that comfortable, but it is lovely. 

 

It's green month

According to Mary's own personal Project Spectrum, August is for green. 

We came back to Toronto and found the garden somewhat overgrown. While we were in Vancouver hoping for rain, there were deluges here. The mint loved it. 

As did the sage, a herb I like the look of a lot but rarely use. I think I need to do something with pasta and butter and sage. 

I was looking forward to some home-grown kale as well, but apparently the squirrels like kale! This is all that remains. 

Let's see what happens with green this month. I will try to find things that are green but not plants growing in my garden!