Saturday, July 2, 2011

Thoughts on Summer

Things I love about Summer:

The morning chorus of birdsong.

The smell of new-mown grass.



Walking outside in my bare feet.


                                                                         Baby "everythings"!

Flowers, wild and domesticated.



















Heat, and thunderstorms.

    












Fireflies.








                                                            
Long, long days.



Gin and tonics (somehow, G&T's don't work at all in November)




                                                                         Harvesting the first potatoes.














Things I dislike about Summer:

The morning chorus of birdsong: Please, a little quiet at 4 a.m. I'm trying to sleep!!



Mosquitos, blackflies and deerflies -- in fact, anything that bites or sucks blood.



Humidity....



Not being able to keep bananas longer than two days.


Finding earwigs in the cut flowers I just brought into the house.




Did I already say humidity?