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Years of Septembers starting out with new grades, new teachers and new learning horizons embedded in my mind that August is the mont...

 When you were a kid, did you ever make a wish and blow on a puffy dandelion? Do you still? I'm always tempted whenever I see one. ...

It's August already.  And around here where summer rain is rare... this is the color of August.  Grass is the color of spun gold  ...

 A rare summer rain comes down gently Perched high in this room that feels like the treehouse I always wanted as a kid My long lens som...

An excited kid sitting atop a carousel horse With the wind in my hair... It was my steed And we were racing bravely  Through the wild field...

Plumbago September around here means at least another full month of summer temps (we hit 95F/35C yesterday) so the garden is still bloo...

My favorite color of all my canna lilies, "Apricot Dream" When I first started gardening here at Rosehaven Cottage, I was fac...

I was having to give a corner of the garden a "haircut" the other day in order to make the path passable. Under the huge (and I...

Have you ever looked at the center of a sunflower... really looked? It's made up of tiny little flowers--golden stars so small you ...

Today is a the kind of day we often get in July. The temperature is hovering around 95F (35C). Even though I'm thankful the temps h...

Whether it comes naturally to me or not, the pace of my life as of late has slowed way down. I've noticed that a lot of my day is very ...

Hubby and I had late afternoon doctor's appointments so we found ourselves going out for a dinner at our favorite salad bar restauran...

With temps expected to get to 100F (38C) over the next few days, I'll be trying to find cool places to duck into. And I probably won...

As I post-processed this photo from the archives, this idiom formed in my mind. It sums up a lot of what I've been processing over the...

Today I stood at the pond's edge Under the shade of the lemon tree Watching orange fish dart in the water From the shade of one lil...

I think it's finally decided to be summer around here. We've had an unseasonably wet and cool May and June. Finally, the heat decide...

The sun is finally out after seemingly endless days of unseasonal cool rain and grey skies. The critters in the garden aren't wasting a...

I've written before about the different colors I associate with the seasons and months of the year (like the color of January ). August...