late july in the studio + in the garden

Recovering from the heat wave. I kept my errands to a minimum, content with my little routine of walking from home to studio to garden and back again. Feeling just the barest hint of a seasonal shift in the air, as happens in late July. No desire to rush toward the next thing, just noticing the movement of time. Running a small business has been challenging over these last few years, and no doubt more uneven days are ahead. But we can only do our living in this moment. Spending our time in ways that reflect our values, thinking about the world we are building with our days, with our work. Reflections for the end of July.

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above, clockwise from top left:

Finally finding balance in the elements of my latest perfume, inspired by our cardamom butter. Can’t wait to share this with you!

Blending a fresh batch of our rose & chamomile honey clay cleanser, reveling in the scent of wildflower meadows.

A fresh pour of our simple cardamom lip balm. Local beeswax, organic oils, a warm & spicy treat.

From the library this week. I love that this book looks at scent through the lens of the relationships between plants and pollinators.

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Currently on repeat at the studio: Transparent Water by Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita

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below, clockwise from top left:

My magic Casablanca lilies in bloom. A brief moment, but a transcendent one.

The unstoppably radiant faces of Rudbeckia hirta in the 6&B native plant beds.

Messy garden scenes at dusk. I had thought that the plant with the lovely blue flowers was Scutellaria baicalensis when I picked it up at a plant giveaway down at Battery Park, but I’ve been doing a bit more digging around lately (ha!) and am realizing that it actually seems like it may be Scutellaria incana (another kind of skullcap), which turns out to be native. I just love the way it’s jumbling together with the Asclepias incarnata and Echinacea purpurea. More twilight garden scenes, here, if you wish.

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