Wonderful Times
Wonderful Times
it's the most wonderful time of the year !!
yayy!!! october is here! september felt like such a long month, but it seems october passed me by very quickly. this edition is coming at the very end of the month, as it has been a busy one.
the month of october is a lovely time, with the spirit of fall around us as the days get shorter and trees put on their autumn colors.
i hope you enjoy this edition of wonderful times, in which we cover art, fashion, baking, and more!
love and peace,
~ fawn
"october" - fawn k, october 2025
my latest painting in teddy bear collection!! this was a lot a fun for me to paint. i really love the color schemes and aesthetics of october.
i started with orange colored pencil for the lineart and shading, and this stage of my process is always very enjoyable. i like to do a background wash in my watercolor paintings, since i feel it helps me harmonize the colors, and here i added a vignette as well.
i especially like this little bear character; i think her outfit turned out really cute. it's definitally one of my favourite paintings i've made so far !! prints of october will soon be available on inprint along with other artworks of mine!
i'm having a good time drawing what i actually like to draw, instead of what's 'good' or could be popular.
teddy bears !!
teas of the month
take a peek at this vintage fitz and floyd "mayflower mouse" teapot! how cute !! now for the october tea spotlight...
cinnamon apple spice
Celestial Seasonings: Cinnamon Apple Spice, a strong and sweet spiced herbal tea, flavoured with apple, cinnamon, and hisbiscus. Has a natural sweetness, and tastes good served plain and hot.
cinnamon plum black tea
Cinnamon Plum Black Tea is rich and floral with flavours of sweet plum and warm cinnamon. Serve hot with a little black plum honey.
what to bake this autumn...
1 cup flour
1 cup sugar, or less to your taste
3 granny smith apples
a whole lotta cinnamon (optional)
easy as pie: apple charlot
this super simple apple charlot recipe (courtesy of my mother) only has 3 ingredients (depending on how fancy you wanna get with your fruit), and can be made very quickly.
it tastes wonderful served fresh from the oven. side with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or a cup of apple cider.
ingredients
you can substitute the apples with other fruits OR mix them. i like to use an apple, a peach, and a pear.
instructions
preheat oven to 350 °F.
mix sugar, flour, and cinnamon together
thouroughly to make the batter. dice your apples or fruits into medium chunks.
butter a shallow glass baking dish, evenly toss your fruits in, and then pour your batter over. sprinkle cinnamon on top.
bake for 30 minutes, or until golden.
autumn's got the looks ...
f a l l ☆ fashion
Betsey Johnson 1997 fall/winter collection. This model stuns in a vintage haute couture outfit, with a vivid orange dress that brightly contrasts the black trim and details. Black, red, and orange make a great color combination for autumn.
Top: Betsy Johnson 2005 fall/winter.
Bottom: Pringle of Scotland 2005 fall/winter.
the 2000s had some wonderful fall collections. i love the color schemes of greens and browns with warmer oranges and reds!
this deer fur coat worn by Vlada Roslyakova is especially pretty, over a white turtleneck with a plaid skirt and leggings. with colder weather coming, it's a perfect time to wear layered outfits.
beloved poet,
MARY OLIVER
Song for Autumn, by Mary Oliver. May 2005.
mary jane oliver was an american naturalist poet born september 10, 1935. in her lifetime, she published over 25 collections of her poems and prose, and her career in writing spanned over 50 years, beginning when she was 14 years old. she wrote beautiful, vivid poetry that explored the wonders of nature. her words invite you to take a closer look at our natural world.
"wild geese" is one of her most well-known, and for good reason, it is a really lovely and important poem. my favourite line is "you do not have to be good ... you only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves."
her writing tends to be criticized for being simplistic, 'poetry for people who don't like poetry', but in my opinion, art is art, and i tend to feel this way about most criticism of art, poetry, music. everyone will have different tastes, but in the end we will all be gone, and will it matter, then? things you do not have to be extraordinary. it is enough to simply do what you enjoy, create what you'd like to create.
in her poem, "when death comes", she writes;
when it's over, i want to say: all my life, i was a bride married to amazement. ...
when it's over, I don't want to wonder, if I have made of my life something particular, and real. ...
i don't want to end up simply having visited this world."
mary oliver passed at the age of 83 in 2019. she was a wise woman, with a bright spirit, and her art was a gift to this world.
