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Cool Of The Day

24 Wednesday Jul 2013

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Our house has no air conditioning, and day after day of sweltering heat has left us all, the humans and the pets, wilted and longing for coolness. Today the cool air drifted in from the north and we set out at dusk for a walk, the kiss of a breeze on our cheek.

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The sky was crystal clear, and stars showed their faces as we walked.

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The last light of the setting sun caught a steeple in the valley as we turned homeward.

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Summer Goodness

21 Sunday Jul 2013

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Thanks to a visit to Brooklawn Farmer’s Market, today’s lunch was a delicious sauté of pattypan squash, sweet corn, frying peppers and a sweet candy onion. A bit of olive oil, sea salt, black pepper and a garnish of basil and mint from outside my front door made for perfection. Summer bliss!

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Blooms and promise of blooms!

13 Saturday Jul 2013

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All day yesterday and through the night a gentle rain fell on the garden. This afternoon the dog and I, and a multitude of mosquitoes, took a tour to see what’s what.

The petite hostas rimmed in lime green have lovely purple blooms.

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The first of the phlox is just starting to blossom.

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Lovely echinacea with their burnished gold cones.

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A few delicate asters have opened. They will bloom into the fall and look lovely against a backdrop of autumn leaves.

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The daisies are fresh-faced as always.

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Two years ago I planted a hibiscus that was a gift or random giveaway. Last year it graced me with two lovely pink blooms. This year there are no less than 80 blooms on it! I can’t wait for the spectacular show.

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It’s A Jungle Out There

01 Monday Jul 2013

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Every day another thunderstorm, never drying off enough to cut the grass and deadhead flowers.   The house is engulfed in green and blooms.

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The yucca finally blossomed fully, gorgeous and white against the lush green of gayfeather and hibiscus.

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Rain is forecast into the foreseeable future. But I’m grateful for greenery; saddened by news from the west of roaring fires and parched earth and 19 brave lives lost. One more reminder to live life with a grateful heart, never knowing what may come.

Flowers In The House

26 Wednesday Jun 2013

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I’m enjoying a rare day off, right in the middle of the week, and it gives me a chance to join Jane’s Flowers In the House party. I’m definitely late to the party, but this is what vacation days are for, and it seems too fun not to join in.
We inherited a bedraggled hydrangea when we moved in 8 years ago. I love the way the blooms fade like watercolors from blue to pink. By summer’s end they’ll be green. I tucked in a woodland fern that grows in the same bed.

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The first coneflower of the year has bloomed. I added smoke bush, a few spikes of salvia and a coral bell bloom.I love the antique pitcher, passed to me from my mom.

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I have a fascination with miniature things, and had fun collecting bits of geranium, carnation, spirea, lavender, gypsophila and euphorbia to fill my itty bitty vases.

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Fruits of Summer

23 Sunday Jun 2013

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We spotted a lurker in a wild patch in the far corner of the yard, ducking into the shrubs.
Turns out it was our neighbor. “There are black raspberries”, he said. “They’ve been there for years.”
Minutes later, a knock at our door. Now to decide the best thing to do with berries, fresh off the vine.

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