four things | fifty – Miss Mustard Seed

Autumn is in full swing here in Maryland, and we are in the thick of our yearly battle with the leaves falling from our six 50-year-old maple trees.  Jeff takes the lead on the leaves, and I’m working on garden chores to give ourselves the gift of a tidy yard over the winter, and garden beds ready for spring mulching and planting.  I plan to work more on that now that the pool is closed and I don’t have to spend time fishing leaves and twigs out of the water. 

It’s been a week of reintroduction to my work routines with varying degrees of success!  Why does it take so long to get back into a rhythm?  I’m slowly getting there…

My four things for this week: more about the Cotswolds, asking for suggestions, gingham & linen, and back at the easel.  

what I’m reading

I am definitely in the mood to read some books about the places I’ve been.  I have a small stack of books I am working my way through.  (Always with the book stacks!)  At the top of the stack was At Home in the Cotswolds: Secrets of English Country House Style, and I’m already enjoying reading through it.  As you would expect, it’s a gorgeous book.  Just a few pages in, and I’m learning new things about this “area of outstanding natural beauty” I experienced earlier this month.  I’m seeing places I just walked and ones I would love to visit in the future.  

what I’m watching

I haven’t watched very much this past week.  I’m definitely over jetlag, but I still find myself ready to go to bed early and barely able to keep my eyes open if I try to watch something.  

So, I will pose the question to you.  What are you watching that’s worth sharing?  When the credits rolled, you were sad it was over and wished you could watch it again for the first time?  

what I’m loving

Even though I’ve been home for a couple of weeks, I still smile when I get into my own bed.  There are so many things I miss when I travel, but sleeping in my own bed makes the top ten without fail.   And to change it up a bit for fall, I added gingham sheets from Quince that I’ve had on my wishlist since the summer.  To me, olive and cream gingham can feel like every season, depending on what it’s paired with.  When paired with a white linen quilt, green velvet bolsters, and dried limelight hydrangeas, it’s a nice transition into fall.  

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 European linen sheet set in Olive Gingham | European Linen Box Quilt in White | European Cotton Linen Stitched Quilt in Willowleaf

what I’m working on

Now that I’m passed the jetlag and have reacclimated myself to my daily routines, I’ve revisited a few things on my book – finalizing the cover, selecting some of my favorite images for the interior pages, and putting together some ideas for marketing.  

I’m also back at the easel working on commissioned paintings as well as those for an upcoming original sale.  Here is a recent favorite that will be for sale…

Of course, I’m still editing photos from my trip, which will take a while!  I haven’t even gotten out of England yet.  

What are you reading, watching, loving, and working on?