Summer’s Afterglow

In many ways this is my favorite time of year.  The black cherries are still going strong as are the beach plums.  Last night on my bike ride, the air was full of the scent of wild grapes.  The first two weeks of September are also the peak for saltwater activities.  The water temps are still warm and the water is full of fish.

Book Signings

The huge white flowers of auriculatum rhododendron are blooming.  I think they smell like minty melon.  Stroll through the gardens, visit the very friendly chickens and watch pottery demonstrations using unusual leaves.

Signed copies will be available during the South Coast Open Studio Tours, July 20 – 21st and August 17 – 18th, as well as theArtdrive August 9 thru 11th.  Come experience some of the sites that inspired In the Wake of the Willows.

Visit SouthCoastArtists.org and theArtdrive.org for downloadable maps and driving apps.

Special Delivery

Sold out!

The first printing of the first edition has sold out from our shelves and from Partner’s Village Store in Westport.  There are still a few copies at Courtyards in Tiverton, Anthi’s Drawing Room in New Bedford, Titcomb’s Bookshop in East Sandwich on Cape Cod, and the Bunch of Grapes in Vineyard Haven on Martha’s Vineyard.

We expect the second printing to arrive at our house today.

Whispering Waxwings

Blueberries are ripening, but the catbirds, and now the waxwings, are cleaning them up before I can get to them.  I still found a few and the picking was very pleasant because I was listening to the waxwings whispering to me, and enjoying the scent of swamp azaleas.

Scented Air

Today I cycled through some coastal pitch pine forests and discovered that it is peak swamp azalea bloom.  The air was filled with the heady, perfumed scent of this azalea mingled with warm pitch pine needles and salt air.  Oh what a glorious bike trip it was!  For someone interested in nature, this is probably the absolute best time of year to bike…

Mr. Toad

Interestingly enough a firefly showed up on my screen the night before the book release party and flashed and flashed in a most insistent manner.  This has not happened in 3 years and the last time it did I was confined to by bed with an injury and writing my book.  Is that firefly trying to tell me to get cracking on the next edition?  If so, it is working…

Also of interest is the toad, yes a toad, that showed up on our porch just after the party.  He is still there.

BIG Library

Did you know…?  One copy of every newly published book, that is registered with the Library of Congress, must be sent to Washington DC to be added to the biggest library in the World.

I thought I’d have some fun sending ours off in style.    AT