Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Summer Gratitude

Today I feel like sharing the simple things of summer that I give thanks for. It was my first day home that I have had to play in the garden, pulling weeds (LOTS of weeds) and admiring the growth and changes in the plants. Some of my very favorite plants are in bloom - my lovely echinaceas, my lavender, my hollyhocks, sunflowers, all of my calendula, borage and my chocolate cosmos. The kids were equally absorbed in picking yellow squash, snap peas, chioggia beets and a few blueberries, raspberries and strawberries. I got to cook our beets and greens for dinner, so simple yet the nourishment satisfies. I picked a bouquet of fresh flowers for the table. I watched Vivienne as she skipped into the house with her collection of fireflies, admiring their beauty. I love the connection to nature that I feel in summer, the rainstorms and thick, fragrant air, the obsession with ice cream and frozen fruit that my family shares, the easy rhythm of the day (are we hungry/tired/feeling creative?) and watching my garden visions take their own shape and grow beyond my imagining. I feel myself growing, too.




~with firefly wonderment~

8 comments:

Jenell said...

Such wonderful things to be grateful for. I love cosmos, and chocolate cosmos smell...so...so...so much like chocolate! Mmmm!

Linda said...

Hi, I have sent you a watermelon award, have a lovely day...

The Magic Onions said...

This is another delightful post, my first read of the day and so inspiring of summer and nature's joys that I am going out, right now, to water and play in my garden.

Jen said...

Lovely! And oh how I miss the fireflies...don't have them in So Cal. Lovely that they light your way in the night :) What a gentle and serene post!

jane said...

lovely post and lovely images! happy weekend!

Lisa Anne said...

The flowers are so lovely, I can't wait for it to finally stop raining so we can watch the fireflies dance in out woods.

gardenmama said...

absolutely *gorgeous* words paired with beautiful photos!! I love chocolate colored flowers so much. I have also seen black hollyhocks paired with rusty sunflowers and it looked sublime!!
Cheers to summer!

MUS said...

i love black hollyhocks! we have them too.