“Long about knee-deep in June,‘Bout the time strawberries meltsOn the vine.”– James Witcomb Riley That is where we are in the year’s rivulet which we mark in our short span of life. Knee deep in June already! Ohio’s strawberry time, where small, but bright red strawberries with their sweet summer aroma are in the field […]
summer
Season’s End
End of November will mean the final end of my growing season. There have been years I plant and do garden work in December and January, but it is a bit of madness really… and I don’t see that in my future at this point. So the end of my garden season, it is. I’m […]
I went from summer to fall in 24 hours
I am back from visiting summertime, which I desperately needed since we “snowbirds”, as the locals like to call us, hardly had one this year. Not that heat and humidity are my favorite things in the world…but when a beach and an ocean are nearby that’s just all right by me (got the old song […]
Ohio Has A Summer-Just In The Nick Of Time
The weather has turned sultry, and late summer is as I would expect it to be: hazy horizons, sweaty brows, hot and humid. I don’t know about you, but I appreciated the cool temperatures we had this summer, even if it did mean delayed tomato ripening. The corn fields are tall and deep green, the […]
Summer Calls
I meant to do my work today But a brown bird sang in the apple tree, And a butterfly flitted across the field, And all the leaves were calling me. And the wind went sighing over the land, Tossing the grasses to and fro, And a rainbow held out its shining hand… So what could […]
Something In Summer
Part Two: Nature A something in a summer’s day, As slow her flambeaux burn away, Which solemnizes me. A something in a summer’s noon,— An azure depth, a wordless tune, Transcending ecstasy. ~ Emily Dickinson
