A Rain Day

"Life is so short and the chance to be still and serene so fleeting; I was grateful for the rain and the respite.The rain tat-tatted away on the roof..."

                                                    North Cairn

A rare rainy Sunday in August!

Not a gentle pitter patter either, the kind of late summer day  where I can take my cameras, head out to walk and beachcomb, visit my shorebirds in peace. Nope, it was pouring, off and on---and more daunting, there was intermittent lightning and thunder.

A day to stay home...

and sew...

as if it was January...

I worked all day on a new supply of lavender hearts...

I resolutely ignored the binding, almost done! on the quilt I've lugged to the beach all week.

I made blue hearts...

and prim hearts...

white hearts...

MORE white hearts...

and pink...

All filled with Cape Cod lavender, smelling so sweetly of that hot perfect day in July....

They are, to me, tiny keepsakes---

---treasured bits of summer to tuck in with the beach towels or linens,

or in with your new fall woolens?

They will bring back that summer day,

 Again and again...

 If only in your---our--- imaginations.

Sunny days still to come! See you at the beach...

love

              lizzy

....gone to the beach

*Quote is from: North Cairn’s Nature column. It runs every Sunday. She can be reached at ncairn@capecodonline.com.

***hearts will be available here or on my etsy site this week. Just as soon as I can get some good photos...