Summer ending

We’ve been enjoying some pretty warm days in Calgary, but the winds are starting to blow. The temperatures are cooling off, the days getting shorter, the leaves starting to turn & fall. All the signs of autumn are surrounding us. Here’s a little peek at what the last days of summer have meant at our house, this year:

Fresh cut flowers from the garden
Last of the sweet pea & nasturtium blossoms
Late veggie garden harvest
Mounds of tomatoes and ground cherries finding their way into the house
Ground cherries
These ground cherries really are quickly becoming my fave treat from the garden
Dehydrated zucchini and crab apples
Lots of dehydrating going on including, crab apples and zucchini
Homemade apple cider
There might possibly be containers of homemade apple cider fermenting in our basement...

Everyone seems to celebrate and commemorate the end of this season with some special treat or tradition. Especially here, where hot days don’t last long, and are quickly replaced with frosty mornings & the anticipation of the first snowfall (which I keep being told will come early this year, but who knows). We’ve still have a lot of winding down to do here. Clearing out planter boxes & flower beds. Waiting on things to harvest from the garden and then putting the beds to rest for the season. Watering the trees heavily before the temperatures drop. Putting away the random garden toys & tools & furniture. And maybe, hopefully, finally, getting the last coat of paint on my wooden bench (a task I keep putting off).

I’d love to hear what the last days of summer look like at your house. Is there anything special that you make a point of doing or enjoying each year before true autumn hits?

Button-spiration

Now this week’s button project is one that I would love to make to decorate Sam’s room when he’s a bit older. Or even hang in the living room. It also might be neat to just hang the current season. My mom has an assortment of single quilt block designs that she hangs in her sewing room for the different seasons & holidays and I’ve always wanted to do something similar. Of course, button art would be more up my alley. The full tutorial for making the first version of the seasonal button tress can be found on the Spilt Milk blog.

Version one, my fav.

Version two, a little more colourful.