before the first frost

On the square a few days before the first frost, which is anticipated this weekend.

I have no idea what this first plant is.  Its yellow chartreuse colored pods have that glowy effect from the afternoon sunlight shining through them. 

 

I love these dahlias....

And these.

 

 I'm going to miss all of this.

sweet home

This is my friend John Bell's vintage shop located on Kavanaugh in the Hillcrest neighborhood of  Little Rock.  Sweet Home has great pottery, furniture, lighting fixtures, you name it.  I find something I love every time I visit.  

more fun stuff

framed needlepoint kitty.....mesmerizing. 

18"x18"  $34

70's turquoise glass dish

8" long  $9

retro floral pillow, in great condition

20"x20"  $36

the birds

Just got these from my friend, artist padee black, who forms them out of single strands of wire. Suitable for indoor or garden use. They look like scribbly pencil sketches against a paler background.

birds lg $22  sm $13

merchandise

small 3 1/2" decorative  

japanese plates 

$9 each

october fun

windowshop by day and by night

Yesterday I went to the shop in the afternoon to do some furniture arranging and ended up walking around the square with KPT to the bank.  The gardens on the square have that end of the season, full blown look that is not quite so tidy as their middle of the summer look and is therefore much more appealing to me.  

Back on E. Mountain, ddp, who was at the gallery hanging a new show that opens the 16th, agreed to take a break to walk with me to Little Bread on Block St to get some fresh bread and cookies.  We stopped in on the way to visit the new green clothing store--not sure what the name is--that is opening soon a couple of doors up from the bakery and then at the new Handmade yarn shop location, which is also on Block St, near Hugo's. I like strolling along Block St, and the addition of these two new interesting retail businesses is going to make it that much more fun.  

A little closer to home we stopped in  at Terra Tots, which is next door to Jammin' Java to see what was new with regard to green children's clothing and toys.  I love Terra Tots' stuffed animals and am thinking they would make good safe toys for my dogs.  

What a great place to walk!  I'm also close enough to Dickson Street to visit on foot what is the best used bookstore I've ever encountered, a warren of walkways with books to the ceiling on every subject imaginable. On the way back it's fun to stop by Flora, the smallest, loveliest, little box of a flower shop.  It is on Block St as well. 

When you go to Flora, don't get too distracted by all those great flowers to forget to look up at the ceiling.  Through the skylight embedded in the very peak of the roof, there's a surprising view of the sky.  It is an always changing, perfectly silent image.