“Bees do have a smell, you know, and if they don’t they should, for their feet are dusted with spices from a million flowers.” Ray Bradbury
There are flowers everywhere in my yard, and I am just loving it.
Our honeybees are pollinating the roses, larkspur, daisies, sweet peas, pansies, AND…there are green tomatoes in the garden! The tomato flowers are multiplying each day, as if by magic.
Ah….summer…..
Yes, it is finally summer in Pennsylvania. The sun is up early, around 5:30am, making its presence known through the (supposedly) room darkening shades in my bedroom. I don’t mind one bit, being wakened by the morning light….
It’s as if summer beckons me to rise, get up, come, let Jordan out, and enjoy my morning cup of coffee in the back yard. I usually give in.
There is so much grace in summertime. Summer invites me to relax, unwind, rest and reflect. Also to make some plans for this fall (wink wink), which I am working on and will tell you about soon.
Here are some other summertime graces I’m in love with:
The birds are singing early in the morning, their chorus loud, clear and happy.
The grass is so lush and green and filled with clover.
Fifteen hours of daylight is almost sinful, decadent and oh so awesome.
The chickens are loving the warm weather, the freedom to move about and scratch the ground for delicious bugs.
I can hear dogs barking and kids playing while I open the windows to the evening’s cool breeze.
The lightning bugs are like tiny twinkle lights when they light up my field at night (blink blink blink).
Thank goodness it’s only June. Many more days of summertime grace to enjoy.
Thank you to my daughter Michelene for these beautiful photos!
Are you in summertime? If so, what graces are you enjoying?
