by mid-August
During these long hot and dry summer days I often feel as if time moves very slowly, or I move slowly as if through molasses. Yet, suddenly it is mid-August. We’ve had very busy days all summer with much family coming and going and moving out too. At last we had some decent rain to water the garden, giving me a break from dragging hoses and heavy watering cans. There were the first signs of condensation yesterday morning as you can see in the photos above, taken about 6 a.m.
Over breakfast this morning with some of our family including our granddaughters, the conversation included noting how adept and creative these young ones are with their iPads. For example, the almost 8-year-old one has composed many musical pieces using Garage Band (a music and sound editing program for Macs). Us adults show our ages when we say computers and iPads weren’t even around in our youth!
This made me recall my single attempt with Garage Band years ago (with help from youngest daughter!) when working on a collaboration for qarrtsiluni’s ekphrasis issue. Later I enjoyed revisiting it here and hence thought I’d share the links for some of my newer readers. Those were the days when blogging was still so new and exciting.
August 15, 2013 in Blogging, Home, Other artists by Marja-Leena
Pictures of charming beauty! I can’t help but recall a joke I heard recently:
What did the old witch say to the young witch?
Stop complaining! You’ve got it good! We didn’t have spell checkers in my day!
After all the dust and constant interruption that happened in June and July it seems as though I’ve gone into an unanticipated late summer hibernation. It’s wonderful being able to go for a walk or just sit and read or talk with the windows wide open to cool, breezy afternoons and evenings. I’m glad to know some rain and fresh breezes have arrived there as well. The pictures taken from your sunroom windows are magical.
Lovely it was as well to hear your voice reading your part of The Maker in Tom’s beautiful poem.
Rouchswalwe, that is a great joke, thanks! I must remember to tell it to my little witches.
Susan, I’m happy for you that all the mess and noise is over and you can enjoy the rest of summer, in and out. Glad you like the photos, I loved the way the sun glimmered on the water.
You may be one of my ‘newer’ readers then. So pleased that you liked it. I was trying to find an email or print copy of Tom’s poem but haven’t had any luck yet. I might email him for it.
I also find your pictures magical (even if there are no little witches to be seen in them). There is just something in that bronzy (?) colour that switches something on inside me.
Tom, thanks. The camera does strange things when looking at too-bright scenes but I liked how these two turned out. They look rather fall-like with that bronze tone which seems to be a mix of the bright yellow and the dark greens of the trees.
We’re back in the Northwest. Sweden was warm and pleasant. They have had enough rain so that everything has stayed green.
We’re going to look for blackberries today.
Hattie, I’m enjoying your posts about your trip to Sweden, and I’m not surprised how amazed you are by the well being of the people there.
Good luck with the blackberries! They are mostly very dry here this summer.