Dear Liza,
Our growing season is over here in the suddenly chilly Northwest. I put the garden to bed last week, and now I have written my last Garden Journal entry.
I made this year’s Journal out of an up-cycled movie list book, re-working the covers with collage. It seems I made fewer entries this year than last… am I running out of things to say about the garden?
I played with a lot of different media this year, anyway.
I watercolored the layout, both as I planned it to be…
and as it turned out.
I used collage when I wanted to show beauty but had no garden…
… and watercolor when I knew exactly what I wanted to show, in this case, how the first zucchini ended up.
I challenged myself to show the complex form of tomato plants.
And, sometimes, I just played with color.
I’ll be out of town for a big chunk of the next gardening season, and I’ll make another Journal when I get back. We’ll see what happens then.
Love,
Grandma Judy
Dear Liza 