Love Notes

Posts tagged: summer

Jul 11, 2021 • #cocktail #gardens #lilies #lily #summer

7/05/21 - Summer Pleasures - Lilies!

My lilies are going absolutely crazy this year. What pure JOY they bring. And what beautiful weather we've had here in Virginia this weekend. I know some of you in New England have not been as lucky.

Fresh cut grass, picking a perfectly ripe tomato, time for puzzles and games, and a morning saunter with my coffee through the garden to see what has burst into bloom overnight. Road trips (with Cheetos and diet cokes) and sudden stops at farm stands.

Jun 09, 2021 • #gold #peony #summer

5/28/21 - Summer Gold

Is it the dawn of summer, or my youngest child's emotional college graduation weekend, or the ability to all gather again that makes me feel like we've genuinely struck gold? I'm rereading A Gift from the Sea (yes, still on the same 90 page book I started six weeks ago). The chapter on the rare Argonauta shell struck a chord. The Argonauta is technically not a shell, but a creature more closely related to an octopus. The female holds onto its cartilage "shell" only while in need of a cradle to shelter her young. When her eggs mature and release, the mother lets go of the shell and launches off untethered and unprotected into the sea to begin her next chapter. Mission accomplished. Sigh.

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