Well it has been a fun couple of days of the Lopez Island Studio Tour. My mom and her friend Linda were set up here on the property and cars were in and out all day for the two days. I took my mom lunch and regularly checked in with her, talking with shoppers, visitors and locals alike. I appreciate my mother and her amazing talents immensely.

We are a talented family. Both my sister and my mother are amazing cooks and gardeners and all three of us are artists. I am grateful for this aspect to my identity and I am becoming more and more in touch with my inner artist as I explore writing further and deeper. I am at the tail end of the workbook “The Artist’s Way” by Julia Cameron, and have been on a twelve week exploration and uncovering, of the child within myself that longs to create and play with the mediums of life.

It has been a beautiful summer. I got to work for June and July at the farmer’s market, and then took August to just revel in and play with the season. We had an amazing trip to the mountains and visited with friends and played on the beach. This August freedom that I was allowed to feel, with the absence of work, will do much to feed the artist within me that is ready now to go to work in the fall months of September, October and November.

It is back to school, and this week has been a time of transition. The rain has started to fall and the green is returning slightly. There is a gentle chill in the air though the warmth of the sun is still strong shining down from the heavens. September is here and has arrived with the beautiful subtle colors of autumn. I feel my creativity, though settling gently at this time, about to burst forth from me in the cool rainy days to come. I am so grateful for the play that I have been allowed to do that has fed my artist child so richly. I am ready to rest and work, feel the chill of the air and the warmth of the hearth, be still and create. Life is so rich and I am aware and filled with its many blessings.