My Guardian Angel Shadow Boxes are perfect, fast and easy to frame my angels. You can see in the video two of the 5” angels framed and hanging in my downstairs hallway.
We are running a special on these shadow boxes to help you get acquainted with them. Order one or more, either the 7″ or 8″ Guardian Angel Shadow Box, and we will ship one FREE. One free shadow box per order. This is a limited time offer until the end of September.
My daughter’s friend Kalem came to visit from New Zealand and Caitlin and I made a pie to welcome him.
I combined peach and blackberry for the filling. Sweet peaches are enlivened with berries along with Meyers lemon juice and fresh grated nutmeg and mace. I also like to substitute half of the sugar with dark brown sugar in peach pies and I always use tapioca rather than flour in all my fruit fillings. These little details add big flavor.
Oh, how delightful are the late summer flavors of fruit from the beautiful Willamette Valley.
Sometime around Labor Day is a good time to trim back lavender. In colder climates I believe this trimming is recommended to be done by Labor Day. There is a little more leeway for my lavender at the beach because of the very mild climate.
The deep purple lavender heads were still so beautiful it was difficult to cut them all off, but I knew that this trimming would keep my lavender plants shapely and healthy. My labor was pleasant with the air pungent with lavender perfume.
Now I can look forward to another year of elegant and luxuriant blooms.
We just finished photographing the 5” Summer Angel at my house for a new catalog. I wanted to share it with you right away.
Before Hamil came to shoot the arrangement, I picked a handful of sweet jasmine vines from my garden and arranged them on the table with the angel. By the time he arrived, the living room was dramatically perfumed with the fragrance of these darling pinwheel blossoms. The warm sweetness of summer with blooms and butterflies filled the room and charged it with joy!
Margaret Furlong is an artist and designer who has had a presence in the gift and home décor world for over 30 years. Whether it be design, nature, faith or family—Margaret wants to carefully savor the details.
25 September 2012
