August

August is ripening grain in the fields blowing hot and sunny, the scent of tree-ripened peaches, of hot buttered sweet corn on the cob. Vivid dahlias fling huge tousled blossoms through gardens, and joe-pye-weed dusts the meadow purple.

~ Jean Hersey (American author and gardener; 1902 – 1997)

Can you feel the drowsy warmth of an August afternoon and the fast-approaching end of another summer? Get outside, breath deeply, and enjoy it while you can: Take a walk in your garden, spend a morning in a peach orchard, or go for a bike ride along a country road . . . . And take someone with you! You’ll be glad you did!

Gratefully shared by Betty Hanselman

Gardener’s wife (& summer savorer!)