Friday, September 16, 2016

Last blossom, shadowed and coddled

- Having never been a real fan of summer, I do look forward to fall, with its crisp weather.  But I do lament the passing of my spring and summer potted plants.  I finally got rid of my hanging petunia this week, pictured here in May, and found a lone blossom had fallen off while I was getting it down.  So here it is in a shot glass, gracing my cutting board.  The last blossom.

- At the elevator enclosure at my HMO on Peachtree Street in Atlanta.  Midday.  I went by to pick up a prescription and was struck by the pattern of leaves shadowed on the cut-out in the wall.

- The new addition to my egg coddler collection, found in the mountains at my favorite antique shop there.  Maybe I'll actually coddle an egg at some point.  You know I'll report back when I do.  :)

Hope you all have a wonderful, peaceful weekend, my friends!

13 comments:

sage said...

Like you, I look forward to fall!

Debra She Who Seeks said...

How many egg coddlers do you have in your collection?

Lynn said...

Sage -

Maybe I'll actually get to sit on the back porch at some point. It's still too hot here (probably hotter where you are in Savannah area.)

Debra -

Three. :) That's a collection, right?

Hilary Melton-Butcher said...

Hi Lynn - love them all ... well done - amazing what 'amuses' us when we blog! But entertains too .. cheers Hilary

LL Cool Joe said...

I don't even know what a egg coddler is, but it's a nice edition to your collection.

I have to say the older I get the more I love summer and the less I like Autumn and Winter. We've had a lovely week of sun here in the UK but now it's raining and dark and slightly depressing.

Lisa said...

I saw the geese flocking and flying in formation in Cherokee County this morning on my way to work. I can't remember when it has been so late for this to start. It does give me hope that fall will come soon and that our winter won't be so bad.

Elephant's Child said...

Your leaf shadow photo? I took a very similar one here this week.
Love your petunia and egg coddler. And would definitely be welcoming autumn after the long, hot summer you have had.

Susan Kane said...

Coddled egg collection! Most readers would not know what that is! Cool.

Granny Annie said...

Love the memory of summer on your cutting board. Now tell us how you would coddle and egg in the egg coddler.

Sparkling Red said...

If I were an egg I'd want to go into that coddler.

Crafty Green Poet said...

That second photo is very striking, very impressive

Louvregirl said...

"egg coddler collection;" love that you have that, Lynn. Maybe you could line them up for a photo for your blog one day?

I feel you on the 'last blossom' observance of this passage. We put Miracle Grow on our flowering plants one last time this past weekend to milk every last bloom out of them! (((Sigh.)))

Snaggle Tooth said...

Mine are still out front flowering away- I cut some down for my room. I do like the shadows there-