P U R I T Y (by georgianna lane)
First ripe cherry tomato of the year from our garden!
It was unseasonably cold and overcast this spring, so everything was kind of slow to come up, and we now have tons of tomatoes on the vines that are still unripe. This not-so-little guy was the first to finally turn red, helped out by the heat wave this week. Hopefully the rest of them will soon follow suit to provide some company to our lettuce and cucumbers.
It’s spring and flowers are blooming in the backyard. :) The apple tree is especially gorgeous, and the purple tree is emitting its familiar buzz as insects flock to its flowers.
Last Sunday morning was beautiful, sunny, and warm, so instead of sitting at my computer and toiling away in InDesign, I decided to take a walk down to Forsyth Park. Since we were going to begin designing floral patterns in my fibers class, I took along my camera to build up an inspiration folder. It seems like nearly every flower in Savannah is in bloom around this time, but I had already missed the opportunity to photograph two trees I saw flowering in Forsyth on my way to the grocery store the previous week. I didn’t want to repeat my mistake and risk all of the blooms falling off if I waited too long!
I walked up Whitaker Street because I had seen some interesting flowers there on my way to the library, then down to the park. It’s amazing to me that I have been in Savannah for nearly four years and I have never actually taken Whitaker to get to Forsyth; I’ve always either gone down Bull or Barnard, since they’re the streets with squares. Whitaker ended up being lined with all sorts of adorable shops: the usual antique stores, a flower arrangement business, and La Paperie. It was closed, but I’m making a mental note to visit it; a peek inside told me that it could be a great source for materials and inspiration for Repeat Pattern.
After reaching the park and photographing the myriads of flowering bushes there, I headed back. In the spirit of taking streets I’ve somehow managed to never walk on before, I strolled up Drayton. In the process, I discovered a lot of interesting wrought iron on doors, windows, and banisters, which ended up being perfect since the coordinating pattern to the floral we’re creating needs to be an openwork design. I’ll eventually post those photos as well.
