Sunflower Love Captured in a Drawing and Painting

 Hello Everyone,

 Hope you are enjoying Fall and had a good Thanksgiving!  There are so many things to be thankful for such as: family, friends, nature, flowers, cooking, creativity.  My list could go on.  I just looked up what season sunflowers are in bloom at this site flowercalendar.  I was sad to see that sunflowers are coming to the end of their season.  Sunflowers are in season from early May to mid November.  

Sunflowers are one of my favorite flowers to brighten up a space.  Just as the name says they are like a sun, sunny and bright.  The add a instant amount of joy to a room and look lovely arranged by themselves in a vase.  On a Saturday I worked on a little drawing with pencil of a sunflower in a blue vase.  I like the two bright colors together, the yellow and blue.  

I like the drawing just in graphite, yet decided I wanted to capture the bright colors of the flower.  I gave it a go with the watercolors.  The picture turned out to be bright and bold.  It does not look exactly like the flower and vase, yet the process of painting was relaxing and fun.  

I hope this post inspires you to possibly try to draw some flowers you enjoy and maybe add some color as well.   Are there any flowers or food items you enjoy drawing? 

Pastries With Fresh Garlic Chives

{Fresh garlic chives from my window sill garden}

{Working on chopping}

{Salomi and Garlic Chives}

{Roll out the triangle shaped dough, spread a thin layer of cream cheese, sprinkle garlic chives on top and salomi}

{Roll up the dough into a and sprinkle with garlic chives and put in the oven for 10-12 minutes at 375 degrees}

{Allow to cool on the foil and enjoy!}

Hello friends!  Hope you have been having a good fall.  I haven't been posting as much due to grad school and work keeping my pretty busy of the late.  I hope you still enjoy following along from time to time and get inspired to try some new recipes.  This recipe was inspired by seeing different recipes like this on Pintrest, yet I gave it a go and just combined what looked good to me.  And guess what!?  It worked and tasted great. 

These little pastries with fresh garlic are easy to make for an appetizer or a party!  I enjoyed making them because they were quick and tasted delicious in the end.  I literally had to stop myself after the second one.
Are there any fall recipe favorites that you would like to share?  

Ingredients:
-1 crescent roll package
-plain cream cheese
-fresh garlic chives
-salomi

Directions:
1.)  Pre-heat the oven to 375 degrees.
2.)  Roll out the crescent shaped dough on a cutting board (they will look like mini triangles).
3.)  On one side of the triangle shaped dough spread a thin layer of cream cheese.
4.)  Chop the garlic chives in small pieces and sprinkle over the cream cheese.
5.)  Cut the salomi into thin pieces and place onto of the garlic chives.
6.)  Roll up the dough and place each piece on a try with aluminum foil.  Make sure they do not touch one another.
7.)  Cook for 10-12 min on 375 degrees. 
8.)  Allow the pastries to cool and enjoy!

Fresh Lil Herbs

Today I bought two lil fresh herb plants. Looking forward to using the garlic chives in dips and the greek oregano in some pasta sauces.

Look forward to seeing these herbs in use soon, and thanks for reading!
xx

P.S. Here's me with the purple toes studying on the patio in the beautiful 81 degree November weather.

Sunday Breakfast With Fresh Vegetables

{Egg scramble:  fresh kale, small red and yellow tomatoes, salami, cheese, four eggs + toast with butter and jam}

{Farm fresh eggs from the farmers market.  I love the speckles on them, so beautiful}

{Add all the vegetable chopped up and four eggs into a bowl, whisk, and then pour in to a pan to cook.  Remember to keep stirring so the eggs do not burn and become fluffy}

{Enjoy the delicious Sunday breakfast with some coffee or tea}

Flower Holder

I love this glass hanging flower holder I made earlier this summer! I thought this fresh gladiola bloom looked very pretty in the holder for fall.

Campus flowers

I love relaxing after class around the open fields of my graduate schools campus. Here is a little glimpse of these tiny white flowers and deer I spotted.

Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Lavender Love

Lavender always holds a special place in my heart.  Growing up I had a friend across the street who had a beautiful garden.  I remember often playing in the lavender and one day we also made homemade lavender cookies.  Till this day I love the relaxing qualities of lavender. 

Here is a beautiful yet simple floral arrangement with lavender and wheat.  There is a rustic quality to the arrangement and romanticism. 

{Beautiful wheat and lavender arrangement seen here}