Showing posts with label summer solstice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label summer solstice. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Fresh From the Garden to You.

YOU can't get much fresher than this. "Or-e-gun" strawberries picked by hand and delivered to you, from the bucket to the camera to the computer. I have a dish of them right now next to me with ice cream and I am happy!! Thank you to my neighbor Sylvia for sharing with us.
She also shared a picture of her air plant, which is blooming right now. I don't think I've ever seen one in bloom (don't the flowers look sort of like fuchsias?) and these small things amaze me. Sylvia's little horse planter is very cute, too!
When we were outside in the garden, Sadie came around with her Frisbee. She wanted so much for someone to throw it for her so I did and almost hit Sylvia. But Sadie is an older dog and doesn't really need to be running around showing off any more. Ah! Yes, I think I know how Sadie feels. (You want to but you just can't.) My sister and I were talking about how we used to run so fast and now there are certain body parts that just don't want to do that anymore.
Sylvia and her husband Dave live west of us, down the street, and there is a lot of sky. I was remarking on how I loved these evenings of light, which soon will be turning back the other way. I think the summer solstice is sort of a sad time, when we begin saying adieu to a little bit of light every evening. But right now there are still magnificent sights to see at 8 p.m. - like this western sky.
And here is our little garden, pulling along without a lot of sky. Trees to the east and trees to the west, there is only a certain amount of full sunlight it gets each day. But we will be happy no matter what. The Mister put in more beans so they will continue growing throughout the season and there is a full tray of basil seedlings. Many, many seedlings. Makes me smile thinking of the pesto it may be one day!
I worked on my tree painting tonight (see earlier post). I'm making additions and "corrections" and desperate to finish it up the way I've envisioned. Thanks for all your comments - femminismo.
p.s. Late addition: self-portrait Wednesday!

Friday, June 20, 2008

Summer Solstice Comes ... And Is Gone.

STRAINING the bounds of sanity I sit down at 11 p.m. so I'm able to post on the first day of summer. I am supposed to be putting the finishing touches on some packing for a camping trip tomorrow ... but my blog seems to come before sleep a lot these days.
I have a new photo to post above in the "self-portrait" series. The aphid-free (knock on wood) yellow roses are beside the self-sowing foxglove. And here is a house in our town I have admired for some time.
The front yard was totally dead throughout the winter. Well, actually, it was anything but dead. Look at it now in the full bloom of *summer* and you can see there was plenty waiting to happen.
For some time I have wanted to take photos of this house to document the changes the yard goes through during the year. I missed the winter time shot because I am just so shy about intruding - by taking a photo. I missed the springtime shot. Same thing.
Enough is enough I said today as I drove through the neighborhood on an errand. A car actually stopped in the street and a girl behind the wheel encouraged me to go ahead and take the picture. After I did - calling out my thanks - she moved on by.
I don't know who lives there, but when the first day of fall comes I may stop by to introduce myself - the gardening "lurker," who loves lush, packed yards.
I also did something for myself today: I stopped by to visit with an aunt and uncle. I keep putting off visiting and I know it is not a good idea. My aunt started crying because I remind her of my mother, and I started crying because my aunt reminds me of my mother.
We both still love and miss her so much. In earlier posts you may have gotten that idea. She was the "best mama in the world." And that's the truth!
So we visited for a while. I have learned the hard way not to put these visits off. You will never be sorry you took 20 minutes out of your day and went a little out of your way. If you don't do it, you'll always be sorry. I don't know about you, but I'd rather not be sorry - femminismo