I can’t believe it, here we are, at the end of August already and all I can say is, tick-tock, how did we get here so soon, and OH GOODIE!
MUSICA! 
I have been suffering from this hot and sticky August that seemingly will not end . . . I’m ready to move on! Love the quote, “There are only two seasons, Autumn, and waiting for Autumn!” Fits me to a T, especially right this moment. And then, a couple of days ago, at the top of my suffering, I accidentally did a happy thing . . . 
I opened up my Autumn Book, just to take a look. As I turned the pages a thrill went through my heart, and I realized, it’s almost here! My favorite time of year!
So I went and got some sunflowers . . . and cut marigolds from the garden for little vases . . . because
It perked me right up! Changed everything! Sweaters are coming! Leaves! Crisp air! Corn Pudding! Makes me almost want to go on a diet. That’s how perky I feel! (“Almost” being the operative word, I am not done with toast and peanut butter yet!)
I know, not everyone looks forward to cold weather, but I love having a reason to heat up the oven and bake something! And in my 
glee, I planned the rest of the year: first a long breezy, colorful autumn (and can we 
have a normal Halloween? Why not? Everyone wears masks anyway!👺 That will cheer everyone up! The kids will be thrilled!), leaves blowing through the woods on our walk, crisp salt air off the water, quilts airing in the breeze, more cozy covers on the bed, church bells ringing and boat whistles blowing, and then a short, cozy, snow-white winter around the fireplace, with a new Christmas book and a new puzzle to do during the winter, which will be SO short I’ll have to hurry! And then, an early burst of the most flowery spring ever ~ in a brand new world filled with fresh beginnings! Covid gone, children going to school, everyone back to work, Easter egg hunts! Kitchen table Tea with girlfriends, with new remembrance, respect, and deep gratitude …
While all these nice thoughts were brewing in my head … My cups arrived on the kitchen porch!!! I’ve been waiting! I hope you got yours too … if not, you should soon. We had a little slow-down at the PO, so if you ordered one, and don’t have it yet, it’s definitely on the way!❤️
And then there’s this happy thing. Joe is outside building us a 12′ picnic table, in two pieces, one 8′ and one 4′ … so we can have a party of six for dinner, a couple at each end, and one in the middle for starry September evenings! Just planned our first one for this Friday Night!👏 I’m cooking! Joe’s grilling! Keeping our sunny-sides up.💖
Now what’s this you may be asking. It’s a surprise! Another unexpected book! It will be called Distilled Genius, Wisdom of the World, Words to Live By, (or something like that) and contain my forty-year collection of brilliant quotes from the ages, gathered into categories as I have them here in my Studio, such as Courage, Tea, Gratitude, Gardens, Happiness, all onto pages like these . . .
. . . whole genius sections about Love, Dreams, Time, Girlfriends, Cooking, Creativity, Earth, Fairy Tales, Beauty . . . so on and so on… Look how cute it’s going to be! I have about 40 pages done so far. I’ve been asked to do this for years, and I do think it needs to be here for the future! Everything that has ever mattered has been beautifully said by someone whose attestment has teeth,
from Marcus Aurelius, to Mark Twain, Black Elk, Rumi, Langston Hughes, C.S. Eliot, Churchill, and the Bible, to Louisa May Alcott, Toni Morrison, Shakespeare, Dickens, Anne Frank, Lincoln, and so many more … plus, plenty from that prolific genius, Anon… and lots from people with less familiar names, whose smart, funny, wise, and touching words inspire curiosity, and open whole new worlds that lie beyond them. I’ve always read quote books like novels! I hope this book will be finished for that wonderful spring I’ve been thinking about. More hope in a time of need. May have to be two books, might even be three, still waiting to see! I know, I have next year’s calendars to do, and my wonderful book, Enchanted to work on, and lots of blog posts and Zoom events and dinners to cook, and Joe and Jack, and the House of Creativity, and all those other ideas, but here I am, Girls, 73, and there is still so very much I want to do!
Some of you will remember that I did my very first Zoom Webinar last week. First I had to learn how to do a Power Point slide show. That about killed me. But at the last moment, it sunk in, and I found out just how easy it is to do. All about pushing the right buttons. Then I had to write about the photos, ⬆️ that’s me reading over old diaries to make sure I had the details right ~ it was a Calgon Zoom Party, took us far, far away, back to the English Countryside!
And THEN, there was a week of daily Zoom practice with the encouragement of Andrea, the wonderful person who had extended the invitation for me to speak. We got to know each other pretty well! She was very patient!
We ended up doing the same program two days in a row, because the Zoom Room had gotten so full. I knew lots of you were there, because I got pictures! This one above is from our Girlfriend Mary Brehm! She has sweet peas!
This one came from Karen England and her Kitty . . . so fun to be in everyone’s houses!
This one is from Trahlyta! I got so many wonderful photos from you guys! Thank you! The program lasted about an hour and 15 minutes. I know some of you wanted to join in, but could not ~ so, as promised, here’s a link so you can see it yourself on Youtube. In the beginning, it’s just me staring at the screen, watching the names of attendees scrolling by really fast … such a fun thing to see, so many I recognized. I wish that part showed so you could read them too … but instead you just have to watch me staring at them and saying them out loud. Might want to skip that part!
IN THE MEANTIME. Guess what? There are going to be more Zoom parties. In the column on the right of this Blog
you’ll see EVENTS. Here is the Link for it, but you can get there yourself when you need to check back for new event dates. I’m about to add more, so watch for them so you can register and receive an invitation to join.
The next one will be a Sunday Afternoon Christmas Tea Party 
presented by the wonderful people at Titcombs Bookshop, just over the water on the Cape, from 3:30 to 4:30 pm EST on September 20 ~ BYO Tea because you’re all invited to my first virtual book event for my new Home for Christmas book! Here’s where you can sign up! If you don’t know how to do Zoom, you can Google “Youtube how to use Zoom” and they will show you. It’s just a matter of which buttons to push ~ it’s easy. When you sign up, they will send you an invitation to our zoom party … which will have a link for you to click on the day of the event. Put it on your calendar!
One flower stands out on Martha’s Vineyard, it’s the hydrangea… they are everywhere! Drive up and down the streets and that’s what you see. We moved these from another part of the garden last year, and I’m so glad we did. Aren’t they romantic? They’re just starting to turn pale pink, something they do in the fall . . . and now we can see them from the kitchen windows from this dear old house I have loved for so long.💞
We’re still going on our walk everyday … joy of life.
It’s been very warm . . . sometimes we have to cut our way through the air, it’s so thick . . . but it’s nothing like what our California Girlfriends are suffering. We pray for them every day. You too, Girlfriends in Iowa, we know about that crazy storm that shot through your state. And now, 11′ storm surges in Louisiana.😢 🙏 2020 is some kind of year!⚡️ We were spared the other night, we were told to hunker down and expect one-inch hail ~ it got very dark out there, but it never came! Thank God. Deep breath, ahhhhhh. Remembering how much we have to be grateful for.
The woods are still green as Sherwood Forest, but every so often there are tell-tale signs that change is on the way with bright spots like this one!
And now, look, I had to show you this sweet letter I got from someone writing about our DamPanic, Go. Be. Love. postcards! Made my day!
Dear Susan, Several weeks ago I purchased a package of your “Go. Be. Love” postcards and sent them to a number of friends. Oh, my gosh! I send lots of cards and notes and have never received so many oohs and ahhs over a card I sent. My dear friends loved the postcard and just showered me with compliments and thanks. You deserve all of the credit. You created the perfect greeting to send during this pandemic and I am so grateful to be a longtime fan and follower and saw them in your online shop. Stay safe and well. Sincerely, Marge
Just in cases YOU might need to be “showered with compliments and thanks” I thought I would share this!
And the New Pumpkin Go. Be. Love. postcards came in too …
I had this pumpkin postcard printed in honor of what our Great Grandmothers did for us only a hundred years ago this August 18th!💖 Joe carved that Halloween pumpkin a few years back for our front window ~ I thought it would be a good way to celebrate those brave and determined women, mothers, sisters, grandmothers, and best friends (and men too), who put themselves out there in a very big way for US! We should never take it for granted … they went through some very difficult and dangerous years, to make it happen!👏
Yes, Jack . . .
And one more thing . . .
In case YOU too need something sweet and homey to inspire you with my wind-in-the-trees formula for cozy, Kellee just put my Autumn book up at 25% off until midnight on Labor Day! You probably already have it, but maybe not, and maybe you need a gift for a friend!🍂
And for you?
Time for a good Giveaway, don’t you agree? I think this is the perfect place to thank all of you for sticking with us through thick and 
thin and dampanic too, for me and for Kellee and Sheri, your kindness has meant the world to us over the years, going to work is a gift because of you, but especially these last months, you have no idea what a positive force you are. All you have to do is read the comments to know what lovely kindred spirits visit here. No matter where in the world you are, we have so much in common, I’m very proud of us.💖 Thank you.
So we’ll start here . . . 3 cups, 3 winners! As you know, these cups are mostly sold out now, but we saved these to surprise someone(s) ~ I hope one of them is YOU! Just leave a comment right at the bottom of this post, click on the teeny grey letters that say “comments,” leave a few words, and you will be automatically entered for the drawing . . . I’ll let you know who won in the next post, then I’ll send an email to the winners, who can write back with their mailing address, and voila, your cups will be on the way, either for you to keep, or perhaps to give away as a Christmas gift! And more . . .
Shipping from the printer is still on schedule for August 26th, which means we will probably have to wait until the day after Labor Day, September 8 to get HOME FOR CHRISTMAS delivered to the Studio! So, 3 more winners in this next drawing ~ and for each, a signed copy of my new book, hot off the press! If you’ve already ordered it, then Boom! You’ll have another one to giveaway! A little bit of “pay it forward.”💞
Leave a comment as suggested above … and now we will have six winners! Makes my day!
Okay dear ones, that’s all she wrote for today! I hope you’re giving yourself those hugs I talked about at the Zoom Party. They do help, and you do deserve them.❤️ Petty-pet hugs are good too! XOXOXO
Thank you, Thank you……for this wonderful post! It cheered up the day. Here in N C, it is rather warm and humid. BUT….nothing like my friends and family I left behind in CA. Some family lost their home to the fires. Some evacuated in the heavy smoke! Everyone from one end of the state to the other is suffering. Our son lives in San Jose. Those bay area fires are the worst. My friends in SLO and Santa Maria can not go outside! When is this year going to end! I love autumn so much here. That is a bright spot on the way! We even have a few leaves turning. Take care.
Just spoke to Kellee, happy to hear it’s only 75º in AG today … but that smoke must be so depressing. 😢 Love to you Sharon! xoxo
I kept a quotes journal throughout high school and beyond. As a cancer nurse, parish visitor and inspirational speaker, I have shared them a lot. Your spring release will be just what we need for self- care and blessing others!
Just what i needed. A shot in the arm from you. Thank you so much for doing such lovely posts that inspire and boost and feel like a big hug, christmas, family, love magic and fairy dust and sugar and spice and everything nice all at once. I just cant that you enough for how much u have given me over the years. It makes me tary to think about so i hope you can feel my heart even though my wordsxare in sufficient. I am so excited for Autumn too. I pretended last week and made glorious baked apples and apricot pork tenderloin. I AM SO EXCITED FOR YOUR QUOTE BOOK. I have always felt similarly about quotes since receiving one as a child. I can’t wait for yout Christmas book too! I am on pins and needles. I raced right over to titcombs to sign up for your next talk. Your last talk was sooo much fun and I love connecting with all the GFs too. I was floating all day. I got out all my BP and GT books to read all over again because of you. It was like and an armchair vacation and I loved it. Thank you so much. Many hugs to you and Joe and pats to Jack and Girl kitty’s ghostie. Xoxo❤❤❤❤💞💞💞💞💞
Your post make my world brighter!
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Was beginning to worry about you and yours…not a written word in a month…glad all is as well as it can be. Picnic table is a grand idea…put out some candelabras and enjoy the evening and friends:) Staying home is good, but venturing out once in awhile is also good. Take care, and thanks always for the uplifting words:)
Thank you for another sweet giveaway, Susan. Looking forward to your Quote book(s!)
Was feeling a bit overwhelm today decided to go to your blog to read the July post and recharge my happy energy and to my great surprise you posted a new a blissful post today !! What a treat now I feel happy as a bird thank you for your wonderful spirit and joy you share with all of us. Waiting for my Christmas book and hope to get lucky on your raffles.
Have a great rest of the month. Hugs !
Hi Susan!
Although I am also waiting for Fall weather & all the goodness it brings my mail says otherwise & has skipped right to the Holidays! I just received your Christmas mug-so jolly!
I also have your new Christmas book on order. Your 2021 wall Calendar is, as always filled with such monthly & seasonal delights! On quiet evenings I go through & put our important family dates in as future reminders. I have done this since you published your first calendar & now they are all archived as reminders of my families daily happenings! So much fun to look back & read all that we did each day, month, season & year! Lots of memories!
Thank you for sharing your talents & time with all of us & making all the little everyday things so joyful!
YES! Fall is my favorite time of the year also! I love pumpkin everything, the smell of fallen leaves and the cool air. Someday I will make it to Martha’s Vineyard. Hydrangeas are my favorite flowers. I have several in my yard.
New book!!! I can’t wait!!
Have a wonderful evening!!🍁🍂🌻
I love fall and can’t wait for it to be here. Love your blog and Jack! Love seeing pictures of him.
Appreciate your reminder to keep my sunny-side up. ☀️ You continue to be an inspiration to so many of us with kindred hearts❣️Thank you.
I also have several journals filled with quotes. Here are a few favorites.
“I cannot remember the books I have read any more than the meals I’ve eaten, even so they have made me.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“If every day were a good day, there would be no good days. (It’s the bad days that help us appreciate the good days.)” – Unanimous 🙃
“I have lots of troubles so I wrote jolly tales.” ~Louisa May Alcott
Until we meet for tea,
Janice
As always I so look forward to anything with the name Susan Branch on it. I am so excited about the new book of sayings, so nice to have a reference when you need just the right words. Things have been pretty quiet here in Indiana. Can’t wait for the cool down and leaves falling from the trees. Nothing like a New England fall. Happy days!
Loved seeing you on Zoom last week. I’ve never been to one of your events so it was a real treat. Looking forward to your new publications. Thanks for how you make life so positive in these hard times.
Such delight to receive the good news of another virtual gathering! I LOVED (did I say LOVED?) the one last week. Wow. Almost (not quite) as good as seeing you in person. What a force for good you are, dear woman. In this world gone amuck, it is so important to have people to trust and admire and that means YOU. I’ve already booked my seat for the Christmas tea and can’t wait for the day to come. Of course, I had to zip a message to my Kindred Spirit girlfriend and tell her sign up RIGHT AWAY before there were no more chairs at the table. We are former tea instructors, tea travelers, and LOVE all things Susan Branch. As usual, this blog, the words, the pictures, the LOVE, truly made my day!
I don’t know how you always know the exact moment I need a Susan Branch boost. You always make me step back and breathe in all the goodness there is around me, (and lucky for me there is plenty.) I too am looking forward to autumn and have been noticing the leaves very quietly turning color. I signed up for your Sept. 20 th zoom cast….. can’t wait.
Thank you again. Health and happiness to you, Joe, and Jack.
Smiles,
Liz Lamontaylor
I am ready for autumn too! I even saw a tree whose leaves were starting to turn on my way to work this morning.
Hi Susan! You have made my day! A book of your collected quotes gathered into categories, then hand lettered and illustrated by you!!! I am thrilled beyond words! I love collecting quotes but never have gotten around to organizing them. My favorite book of yours is Isle of Dreams. I loved your shelf of quote books and how you carried the books around reading them all. I have tabbed so many pages in my copy of Isle of Dreams. It is chock full of the best quotes! Quotes aside your story was amazing and inspiring to read. Thank you for sharing your many talents and gifts with us all!
Autumn makes my heart sing…..
Hugs to you sweet encouraging Friend
Trace
Enjoyed the Zoom gathering last week. It was fun to escape back to the English countryside.
I just made your Hummus recipe, yummy! Can’t wait for my Christmas book, thanks for the update. I look forward your posts each month. It is always such a up beat addition to my day.
So excited to hear about your book (or books?) of quotes as I have truly enjoyed those for years!! Thank you so much for all the joy you spread!
Hello again,
Just went to the link for the zoom meeting. It was wonderful! It was like setting and visiting with my girlfriends. I laughed and cried and felt like I was with a fellow kindred spirit. Looking forward to future Zoom sessions.
I agree Autumn can’t come soon enough. We have been humid and sultry here in South Carolina. Hoping we have an early Autumn because our summers here can last well into October. I like to have a break from central air conditioning before we go straight into turning our furnaces on. Looking forward to those cool crisp days!
Thanks for always being so positive and sharing happiness! Zoom on!!!
I look forward to your blog (formerly Willard) and I am always so happy when it arrives in my inbox. I wait until I am all alone so I can savor every word! Thanks for making bright spots in this crazy world right now. I was looking in my Susan Branch folder and I have Willard’s saved since 2011 (yes I keep them)!
K
Gig Harbor, WA
I am pretty sure I have almost all of your books, Susan! My very favorite is Autumn (which I bought years and years ago)! Autumn does not arrive until I get out your book and read it, cover to cover! Thank you so much for your uplifting, optimistic blog today!😘😘😘😘
Love the uplifting messages. I’m heading to the Vineyard Saturday. I want to get the Christmas mug. Is the shop in Vineyard Haven open? What’s the name? Do you think I can get one there? It’s my birthday gift!
That Autumn cookbook is my favorite. I got it at Bunch of Grapes a few years ago. Excellent recipes. Highly recommend! Thanks for the inspirations!
I can’t wait to get your Christmas book, Susan and am looking forward to seeing your book talk on Zoom! I’m looking forward to cooler, crisp weather and the colorful leaves! Thank you for always brightening my day with your blog updates!
Fall is my favorite time of the year also and I have been counting the days until September 1st as that is when we always seem to get a nip in the air at night and I know fall is soon to follow. Hydrangeas are one of my favorite flowers and we have a huge bush of them that are a beautiful purple color at least most years. Your video does work for me on my computer so I will be watching that soon.
Thank you again for a cheerful message, needed more than ever these days. I am looking forward to your book of quotes!
Loretta Sweat in Glendora California
I love to come home from work and find Susan waiting for me in my Inbox. Love all that she does and her artwork.
I can’t wait for the fall season this year! I’m about to pull out your wonderful Autumn book for some inspiration to tide me over while the rest of summer dwindles away. Thank you so much for another lovely post…you always bring light to the darkness during these strange times.
I love the Voting Pumpkin!! A reminder of two things to look forward to – autumn and casting my vote. Thank you, Susan, for keeping our spirits up.
Hi Susan,
I am another one of those people whose favorite season is Autumn.
I will be ordering your Christmas Book. My memories of our family Christmas’s was the best.
My sister introduced me to you several years ago with Heart of the Home as bday gift. ❤️
several years,
I’m a Fall person too.
My sister introduced me to you several years ago with Heart of the Home as a bday gift.
I look forward to reading you family Christmas book. I also have a lot of good memories of our family Christmas’s.
Stay safe and wise.
❤️
I am so excited about this giveaway!!!! My granddaughter Graci moved into her own apartment and starting out in life and I can’t think of a better gift to give her!!! She will become one of ‘The Girlfriends’!!! YAY!!! 🎈🎊🎉!!!
Dear Susan,
Always look forward to reading your emails and basking in your positive energy and spirit.
I’ve loved the cups forever and have many of your books and cookbooks. The Home for Christmas book will be delightful I’m sure as all your books are.
Happy almost Autumn!
In these days so often filled with doom and gloom, the beautiful thoughts, drawings, and pictures give me so much pleasure. Since I also follow you on Twitter, I look forward to your “food for thought” and photos there, too. Thanks for providing a positive Outlook!
Hey Island Gurl ❤️ Reading your blog and books take me to a happy place, especially during this dampanic!! Thank you for the the escape! I sure need it! I look forward to your quote book(s)!! Mucho hugs 🥰
Fall is my favorite season too! Thank you for brightening our day, Susan!
It is amazing how quickly we shift from summer to fall. Looking forward to cool air and yummy foods from the Autumn cookbook. xoxo
Wonderful Willard.
I do not tik tock. Twitter. Instagram. I do FB and email and watch youtube. I dont fad social media. So I miss most of your things. I do not feel it’s safe to do all those. I dont zoom. So all us that dont do those fad social media. Get left out. Yet the risk to personal info. So I really love Willard, and reread it many times. Thank you for all Willards.
Debra
Your blog always arrives in perfect timing. Always a shot of positivity. Looking forward to the next zoom party. Isn’t technology something! Making each day count while still in lockdown, sewing, cooking, baking, reading, gardening. The days do pass.
You have no idea how much I look forward to your posts. I’m one of thos California girls, with 17 fires within 50 miles. Our poor state! Missed the Zooms, so looking forward to seeing you in person. Thanks so much.
Will do my best to join the Zoom party! Married in Oct. 45 yrs. ago (Columbus Day weekend—it’s what teachers do! Bill and Hillary did, too) so always a big fan of Autumn. Now love it even more because it’s the best season on the Cape. Always keep my fingers crossed for your sweet giveaways!!
Dear Susan,
You are such a burst of sunshine and lollipops, I enjoy your posts so much.
You are truly a welcomed breath of fresh air!
I am in Santa Cruz, CA…and although the heatwave has dissipated, the fire it left behind has impacted sooooo many.
Evacuees everywhere, including my home….but the firefighters are doing such an incredible job! With cooler weather, hopefully they will be able to get a hold on a little containment to bring hope to us all.
Thanks for the fresh air that you sent my way!!
I am so anxious for Autumn to get here in Colorado!🍁
The book of quotes sounds perfect! Can’t wait!
Can’t wait to win one of your mugs. I have all of your books, waiting on the new Christmas one!
I’m copying that Jack-o-Lantern! That’s a fantastic idea…make your voice heard-now more than ever. Thank you for your blogs. I do look forward to them and your positive thoughts.
Thank you for being a light in this sometimes dark world. I’m going to get out my Autumn book right now. It’s my favorite time of year.
So enjoyed this blog after the grueling summer heat and Covid still hanging on. Yes, I too will bring out your Autumn book for my coffee table viewers. Love to re- read all the pages and tag the recipes. Please share some of your energy- you’re amazing! So many projects ” in the works.”
I loved the Zoom webinar. It so makes me want to go to England. It will just have to be something to look forward to, someday. I am very excited about the quote book. I too am a collector of quotes – or I was when I was younger but then I got busy being a mom and a teacher and haven’t kept up. Now that I’m retired, I think I will get my quote box back out and start collecting again. Thank you for everything you do. You so enrich our lives.
I love reading your blog posts and must say, it’s better to read on my desktop computer than on my iPhone! And btw, have you noticed that most of the Susans in the world are 50-70+ years old!! It’s an old name but that doesn’t make us old!!
Yes, and remember the Florences and Gertrudes … very old fashioned now … I feel like names go in waves! Along with Susan, we had tons of Cathy, and Kathy, and Linda!
One of my favorite things in your blog is Jack’s photo. He is such a handsome guy and I’ll bet a real sweetheart! Joe was certainly right when he named COVID the dampanic! When will it end? Hot and very smokey here in NorCal. I’m wishing for a bit of autumn weather as well.
It all sounds marvelous❣🍂🍃
I have so many of your books and enjoy them all! Looking forward to your new one and a lovely new tea mug sounds grand! Thanks for all your positivity!!!
Dear Susan,
I loved the photo of the sunlight filtering through Jack’s ear!
May we all remember to be kind during these trying times.
Fondly,
Debbie Clardy
Eastampton, NJ
Your posts are such a treat!! We use “Susan Branch” as a compliment at our house…..as in “Your table looks so “Susan Branch”.
Your post was a VERY welcome break at work today. What a happy interlude. Thank you!
Thank you for the post. It was exactly what I needed. A bright spot in a not so bright day. Pretty flowers and pretty cups to look at and an adorable kitty.
Hi Susan, I so enjoyed the Zoom party and am looking forward to the next one. Hopefully my “Home for Christmas” book will arrive in time to follow along! I’m anxiously awaiting for my “Little Things” cup to arrive too! Thanks so much for selling them again. I’ve been kicking myself for not getting it the first time around!
Hi Susan! I am in Arizona and I too, am eagerly anticipating all things fall, but mostly the cooler temps. 🙂
Each year I treat myself to your desk calendar and each time I look at it it brightens my day. The sweet illustrations are beautiful. Thank you for all your beautiful artwork!
Wonderful reminder to get out my copy of “Autumn”! And excited to learn of the quotation book(s). We do have lovely cool mornings here in the Texas panhandle perfect for walking mindfully, patiently with my dachshund as he enjoys a sensory immersion experience with his nose inches above the ground. Thanks for always being an uplifting spirit!
I love autumn too, and your mugs!
Loveliest Susan,
“Tick Tock” arrived and just made my heart sing.
The smile on my face just keeps getting bigger; my eyes have sunshine glowing everywhere!
I may have to visualize my cartwheels!
The air is getting a very slight touch of crisp at night or early morning! Or is it my imagination? Could be!
Thanks for boost and burst of fall in the air!
Love you posts! I can’t wait till Autumn!
Can’t wait for the quotes book!!! We all need inspiration, every day. That you give us always. Over the years, I have taken quotes from your blog and added them to my personal journal. So many have been special to me, I read over them so often. Now I will have them all in one place and organized…Yippie!! Thank you.
I look forward to these monthly posts. Now, I will also look forward with great anticipation for your book of quotes! I am known in my family as “The Queen of Quotes” and it has often been said that my epitaph will read “She had a quote for that!” This habit stems from my childhood, when over dessert after Sunday supper each of us would recite a quote we had found on any subject. The quote judged the best by unanimous agreement rewarded the winning child with an extra portion of dessert…in a family of 6 children this was a big win! This was decades upon decades before a quick internet search was possible. We mostly depended upon my Father’s 1955 13th Edition of Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations or my Gram’s memory. Thank-you!
And my first quote book I found in the house I bought here on the island, it was the 15th edition of Bartlett’s! And it took me off on a wonderful road I’ve loved all my life! Fun!
As always I am inspired by your creativity, positive attitude and kindness! Your books are treasures and whenever I am feeling a little down, reading your cookbooks brings a skip to my step as I head to the kitchen and puts a smile on my face! Thanks!
Your blog is like a delicious mini vacation. Thank you so much 😊
autumn … sigh … a break from smoky air and 90+ heat sounds pretty good right about now
I can’t wait for more of your books and cups !
Thank you Susan; I just pulled out my Autumn book at your suggestion and it made my heart so happy! The vine maples are turning here in the Pacific Northwest and this morning there was fog in the fields. Fall really is coming! Thanks for all you do to lift our spirits! Cindy
I look so forward to your Blog! Especially now with all things crazy! I have all of your books and my favorite recipe is “Many Mushrooms Soup”! I will be losing my healthcare office job in 2 months. I know though, with my great attitude, positive outlook on life and my joy of helping other people, I will be just fine1 I will enjoy all my Susan Branch Books and have fun in my kitchen with my 2 kitties! If I win a prize, I will give it to my sister, who is my angel in disguise! Love to you and your Husband and of course Jack! Stay safe, well and keep writing! Love, Susan Z. and Lilly and Cheetah cats.
Enjoyed your zoom meeting and your blog, which is like a visit with an old friend, especially welcome in these DamPanic days! Thank you for your positivity! 💐
Hi Sweet Sue! I’m so excited to hear about the book with quotes you’re working on!!! That is great, I am lover of quotes thanks to you…can’t wait for it!
Jack is as adorable as ever…I just love him. Have a fun time at your dinner party, what great idea, to make a giant table 🙂
Stay well! Love, Your loyal follower and friend Jennifer
Hi Susan. Fall is my favorite season too. I live in the SF Bay Area and we always have our Indian summer when I’m so ready for the weather to cool off. I’m surrounded by all the fires and have been housing evacuees in our backyard Airbnb. I feel so bad for these poor people. How awful to lose your home. I’m just ready for 2020 to be over. It’s been such a long year. I’m spending my time campaigning for the wonderful Joe Biden and I’m counting down the days until the election. So ready for change!!
I have been a Susan Branch fan since I found your beautiful illustrated recipe pages in Country Living magazine. I own a lot of your beautiful watercolor products. I have all your books so far and a lot of your fabric. I pre-ordered your new puzzle and pre-ordered the Home for Christmas book. Thank you Susan Branch for sharing your wonderful talent!
ooo!!! my mom NEEDS any one of those!!!
Hi Susan! This is Mary and kitty cat Ricky Wu reporting from New York 🙂 I had the chance to drop in to your zoom party at the Duxbury Senior Center! Loved ‘meeting you’ and everyone else for the first time! A very good friend introduced me to you and your beautiful artwork, recipes, and just ‘feel good vibes” energy and endeavors. The happy-ness you bring is infectious in the best of ways. Hope to win a copy of your upcoming book “Home for Christmas!” Keep up the great work and stay safe and sound! Give my regards to Joe and Jack 🙂
And a big hello to you and Ricky Wu!
Thank you Susan for such a cheerful, hopeful blog! Here in South Texas we have had many days over 100 degrees but this week we have had highs in the 90’s for which we are eternally grateful. Your blogs always come at a time when all of us are in need of a smile to our hearts. I too am so excited about my favorite season
Autumn! After Labor Day I will put away my Summer home decor and get out the Autumn Collection – it is my favorite and I have too much but love to shower our home with the golds, greens, reds that spread warmth.
Hugs and Blessings to you and to the others who read your phenominal blog!
I always get excited when I see that you posted a new Blog… I can’t wait to find some quite time to sit, read and enjoy. Thank you for taking time out of your day to visit/share with all the girlfriends. Excited to hear that there will be even another new book (or two or three) to look forward to next year. You are one busy gal and Susan we all love you for it.
Susan,
“I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers.”
Ephesians 1:16❤️
Thanks so much for keeping us uplifted! It’s been a hard year so far and we look forward to the holidays and hopefully hugs again.
Loved your zoom gathering! Thanks 🙏 JulieD
Sent “tears of joy” after that marvelous event, along with picture of my big orange tabby cat 🐱 who enjoyed with eyes closed along side of me but picture escaped in the magic perhaps!
A bright light during this not so bright time! Thank you for keeping our hopes and imaginations going all the time.
Oh Susan! Zooming from your kitchen was wonderful, and so well done. I was the one saying hi from Sacramento . I’m looking forward to more. Jack sure didn’t like being on a Zoom call did he?! I would love a mug or book from you, girlfriend! 🥰
Bless you and your heart for others! Looking forward to your guotes book(s). Thank you for all the beauty you have graced this world with in your art and words and photographs.
Cooler weather is on our doorstep…
Fall…the best time of the year! Looking forward to walks in cool weather.
“Praise God from whom all blessings flow”
You are such a blessing!
Hi Susan
I always adore your blog posts, I love all your beautiful photos and just love hearing about all the fun things you are doing* You certainly are so busy but I think its a fun busy right
Happy Day Susan
deezie
I really can’t wait until your book of quotes is done!!! Your emails are always such a treat to read! and I can’t wait for fall to arrive either—my favorite time of the year!
I am always excited to read a new blog💗
Hi Susan,
I’ve been following you for years! I have many of your books and in 2011,
my daughter and I came to Arroyo Grande to an antique sale you hosted. I have several treasures in my house I purchased there and you signed all my books.
I was so emotional when I met you that I cried. (I was so embarrassed). I had only cried before when I saw Beatrix Potter’s house in the Lake District and the Mona Lisa at the Louvre. So you can see how you rate with me! I love your Autumn Book and bring it out each Fall!
That’s a pretty high rating! Well I’ll cry right back at you Cathy! xoxo
Once again, thank you for another lovely post to your weary and down-trodden readers and fans. It has been an especially hot summer here in Michigan, but as you say, Autumn is coming down the road – hooray!! Like you, Autumn is by far my favorite time of year. Sure, spring and summer – and winter too – all have their charms … but nothing compares with the wonderful sights, tastes, and smells of Autumn. Apple Crisp baking, tea kettle ticking, and wearing my fuzzy knee-highs – yep, that says it all. God Bless and Keep you, dear Sue.
It is always a happy day when I see a new blog post from you! They always make me smile 😄
Susan, You have the best ideas! What a great idea you shared, I never thought of that, thinking about Autumn coming! That is my fave season too! And, a little respite to think about as we face these hot, smoke filled days here in the SF Bay Area. So much fire destruction all around Calif, so sad, dreadful. Better days are sure to come and so many reaching out, offering help. Grateful for the wonderful fire fighters!!! What a crazy year!!! Thanks always for your inspiration, looking toward happy days!!!