the best season

July 19, 2023

"Summer was our best season: it was sleeping on the back screened porch in cots, or trying to sleep in the tree house; summer was everything good to eat; it was a thousand colors in a parched landscape..."
― Harper Lee

I take my camera out after dinner hoping to get some photos of the birds, who are usually flocking to the feeder this time most nights. I sit patiently, enjoying the cool breeze coming up off the lake, but grow board and start moving my camera around a bit, happy when I landed on this light on the maple.

Every season is the best season, and right now summer is at her peak.

full circle

July 16, 2023

“Once upon a time, there was a woman who discovered she had turned into the wrong person.”
― Anne Tyler

It seems I have come full circle, arriving back (but truly forward) to a place where I feel like myself once more. I won’t bore you with the details, but I will say it is a relief to stop fighting with the doubt and uncertainty and get on with living.

midweek

July 12, 2023

“Let me keep my distance, always, from those who think they have the answers. Let me keep company always with those who say “Look!” and laugh in astonishment, and bow their heads.”
— Mary Oliver, Mysteries, Yes

Each evening I set on the steps of the patio and watch the dogs play. The warmth of the day radiates up from the stone pavers and I reflect on the simple things that brought me joy, learning to bow my head in gratitude.

flowers and puffy balls

July 9, 2023

People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us.
Iris Murdoch

this week’s flower moments,
and one sweet boy . . .

midweek

July 5, 2023

"July is hollyhocks and hammocks, fireworks and vacations, hot and steamy weather, cool and refreshing swims, beach picnics, and vegetables all out of the garden."

- Jean Hersey