The Backyard Gnomes Collection began just as the long summer waned and then exploded with colour at the start of Fall. Picture this: outside my studio window the crows are calling to each other. With each day the leaves turn more brilliant than the previous until just when you think that’s the end of them, they send their last hurrah with a fire-y red. The golden rod is flourishing alongside the path, the kids’ pockets are stuffed with acorns. The light has turned golden, the sky looks smeared with blue-grey oil paint, the crows, the crows are calling. Pumpkins are turning up on doorsteps, garden gnomes are nestled in the sedum and ferns. There is magic in the air.