The Art of Cozy Living. How I want to spend my fall and winter.

Well I have given up on holding on to summer. 

I have taken out my favorite magazine from last year and

I'm starting to create a cozy fall and winter. 

The first step to a cozy fall and winter this year was to purchase flannel sheets.

Oh my how have I been missing out on this luxury for so long.

My mom was the one who actually told me about flannel sheets last year.

Last night I snuggled up in these soft sheets and "the Beautiful Enchanting Destination" 

aka. BED, became even more lovely than before. 

My husband and I often joke that our bed is the most wonderful place in the world.

As the weeks go on I hope to share with you all the ways I have 

transformed my life into a cozy living experience.

I think perhaps my favorite cozy thing to do is snuggle with kitty.

Do you have a cozy living idea. Please share.

G.G.

Garden Walk Week 30. The last walk of the garden season. Goodbye garden, see you in the spring.

It's my last day to walk the gardens. 

They are doing their Scarecrow festival. 

Usually they have lots of pumpkins around the garden in the 

planters, but this year the pumpkins were hard to find. 

I liked the displays in years past, these just seemed to 

be sitting around but not surrounded by any plants.

Perhaps the cold weather and rain is the cause for the lack

of pumpkin displays.

I took some photos of my favorite 

scarecrows.

I'm not sure what this one was supposed to be, but it looked kind of cool.

Jack skeleton. 

I don't think chickens can scare off crows, what do you think?

The fragrance garden has no flowers, but the tags are up

for what they have planted for the tulip festival.

I always think of pine cones in the fall, my

mother and I used to go and collect them and make pine cone wreathes.

It was fun, but messy too.

I love the secret garden area, the spot that

I like to take photos in was being used and the people just were 

not going to leave, but this photo came out nice too.

The Italian gardens are planted now for spring.

I used a photo editing tool on this photo.  To make it more dark and gloomy looking.

To express my sadness in the gardens closing.  There is a person I follow on instagram

who does this with all their photos.  I'm not sure why they do it, but I always think

this is my opposite in the photography world.  I like to have photos where the subject is

lit up by the natural light.  I love that look.  So it's fun to follow my opposite.  Perhaps

I will copy some of his photos and share them with you so you can see what I am talking about.

I have a lot of work to do now that it is cooling down.

I am going back and getting my organization things more organized and personalized so that I can be more organized next year.

I am going to be going through my photos and picking out my favorites and putting together 

books and cards.  I am going to clean out my house as always.  

As I said in one of my other posts fall and winter are going to be a celebration of all things

cozy. 

Pansies are the first flowers to bloom in the garden and the last. 

See you in the spring .  

As I walked through the gardens I said "Goodbye", 

I will miss my weekly walks.  Now I will have to get on my

treadmill and keep myself active.  I am planning indoor adventures to

do with my husband.  I will also be back in winter for the Christmas lights.

They are already setting up for the Christmas lights.

Oh this year it has flown by.  I have learned that you can

have great sorrow and joy all at once. 

We lost so many loved ones this past year I will be glad to say goodbye to this year,

and yet we had our son come home from his mission and welcomed a 

new pet into our family.  We also had many lovely days together. 

Joy and sorrow, sorrow and Joy.

Change and more Change.

That is the circle of this world.

G.G.

I hope you enjoyed watching the gardens change through these photos.

I enjoyed the peaceful walks.

Exploring Utah, Fall at the Red Butte Gardens.

I have had a hard time dealing with summer ending,

but finally I am out enjoying the change that fall brings.

In the spring you look for the green of leaves and the 

colors of flowers. 

In the fall the there are less flowers to see, but

the trees and their leaves put on a beautiful show of colors.

A few flowers are still blooming.

The grasses are also beautiful in fall.

I loved the different look, and texture of the grasses in the gardens.

I am going to be studying the art of being cozy this fall

and winter. 

So soon there will be blog post about how I am celebrating the cool 

seasons by embracing the cozy things of life.

During this walk I looked for piles of leaves and

went crunching through them.

I stopped and touched the tops of the different grasses that

are going to seed.

I enjoyed seeing some of the hardy flowers that still

bloom dispite the increasing cold weather.

My husband and I sat and listened to the water and

watched the fish swim in this pond.

The colors of fall are just as beautiful as the colors of spring.

This is the top of a grass, it was actually a bit soft to the touch.

We walked along a new path.  It took us under a grove of trees.

I love how there are beautiful benches all through the

gardens that invite you to sit and soak in the nature around you.

what causes the leaves to finally fall?  We have had some

really strong winds by my house and yet the leaves are still on my trees,

and then I will be sitting out in my car in the morning warming it up and there will

be no wind and yet the leaves will start to just slowly flutter down to the ground.

Look I caught the shadows kissing.

The trail took us up the side of a mountain.

Out popped this snake.  I screamed, and then calmed down 

and took its photo from a nice safe distance.

This is looking down to the trail that we walked on.

You can't even tell that there is a trail down there.

A snow leopard cactus.

Even cabbage can be beautiful to look at.

How are you enjoying the fall?

Do you have a favorite place to walk and see the changing colors of trees?

What adventures do you have planned for fall and winter?

Have you ever heard of the art of being cozy?

G.G.