Deer won't trust their eyes, and they won't trust their ears, but they'll always trust their sense of smell.
-Steven Rinella
mama, and her baby
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100 days of summer :: day 60
“July is a blind date with summer.”
― Hal Borland
crocosmia, along the garden path
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100 days of summer :: day59
“My aunt grows special rhubarb in dark sheds. They keep it dark and warm all winter and harvest it
by candlelight and it’s the best stuff. She sells it for a fortune, btw.”
— Sophie Kinsella
rhubarb from the garden
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100 days of summer :: day58
Just living is not enough… one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.
-Hans Christian Andersen
coleus, rainbow mix
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100 days of summer :: day 57
A flowerless room is a soulless room, to my way of thinking; but even a solitary little vase of a living flower may redeem it.
-Vita Sackville-West
morning flowers, on the table
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100 days of summer :: day 56
Aspirin is so good for roses, brandy for sweet peas, and a squeeze of lemon-juice for the fleshy flowers, like begonias.
-Gerald Durrell
sweet peas
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100 days of summer :: day 55
“The best way to eat crabs, as everyone knows,
is off newspaper at a large table with a large number of people.”
-Laurie Colwin
fresh crab
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