Shifting Seasons

TRANSITIONAL ALLURE

hen taking time to savor the present, no place fosters congeniality quite like a well-appointed veranda. Bridge the gap between late summer and early fall by blending accents in sunny yellow, lively green, and sky blue with notes of crimson and orange. Jolts of color enliven earthenware embellished with a whimsical motif: a single exotic bird poised amid budding beauties. A linen depicting lush, meandering vines celebrates the final days of verdure, enhanced by radiant emerald glassware. Tucked into vintage brass vases along the table’s center, a trio of flower arrangements joins candlesticks bearing a similar mellow patina. Yarrow, alstroemeria, craspedia, mums, cosmos, and waxflowers bob cheerfully alongside variegated foliage. Glossy leaves plucked from the surrounding garden