. . . and a diversion–redoing the plants outside the studio.

Look out the window behind Pippin–all the rosemary is gone. It has been there since I first poked clippings in the ground when the little shed was being remodeled into a studio in 2001. I wanted it to drape over the wall, and besides, it was free. But plantings get old.

I clipped it way back, soaked the ground, and then Trail Guy dug out the stumps and roots and prepped the soil for the new plants.

The planting was inspired by time with my neighbor working in her yard and learning about plants together, the continued good weather this fall, and the upcoming First Saturday Three Rivers, December 7, when I will have my studio open to the public for the first time in well over a year.