Summer is the time when one sheds
one’s tensions with one’s clothes,
and the right kind of day is
jeweled balm for the battered spirit.
A few of those days and you
can become drunk with the belief
that all’s right with the world.
~Ada Louise Huxtable
Yay! Hooray! Woo Hoo! We’ve been having some of those jeweled balm days! I can’t exactly say that summer’s coming to an end because at times it can last well into late September or even October where we live. However, there’s a smattering of things at the moment that are foreshadowing Autumn’s coming. Not only that but we’ve gotten some much needed rain lately, and that has brought with it somewhat lower temperatures. And although I know these anomalies will end soon, it has been a welcome and rejuvenating respite from the dastardly dog days of Texas in July and August. One of the forerunners I’ve seen is a few blooming spikes on my physostegia virginiana, a plant commonly called False Dragonhead because of the flower’s resemblance to snapdragons. And it is their pinkish lavender blooms that are adding beauty to the bedraggled remains in the garden. They also bring hope that summer’s siege will in fact come to an end a some point in time, something that some of us begin to doubt after weeks and weeks of triple-digit or near triple-digit temperatures.
“As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease.” ~Genesis 8:22 ✝
**Large image in background via Pinterest; the side by side images on top of it were taken in my yard today.
Sacred Touches 
no no, don’t tell me it’s midsummer—it’s got to be the end…at least nearing the end—my world is so dry and so hot and so swiveled up—everything is dying, drying and crunching—no no…NOT mid….but rather…ENDING!!!! Soon?!
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Okay! It’s nearing the end of summer and autumn is just around the corner‼️😊😊😊
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🍁🍂🍃🎃
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😊😊😊
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I’m already seeing signs of the end of summer getting close. Trees are dropping leaves and the Smooth Summack has some already turning red. I am soooooooo ready for fall and cooler temps. 🙂
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Me too‼️😊
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I so love the physotegia. We are having change of season implications here as well, but without much heat this year and lots and lots of rain. I’m told it’s good for the soil all the way down to the gulf by means of underground streams. I remember those Texas heat waves, very unpleasant. My condolences!
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Thanks Marie! They are brutal for sure😍
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Glad you finally have some heat relief. We’ve had cooler weather and hints of fall too!
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Yay‼️😊
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Beautiful Flowers. I always think it’s fall when August comes around. I guess it’s because of school. My uncle used to be a principal so August is fall to me.
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👍😊❤️
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Beautiful images. I’m glad that you have had some rain. We are very wet today. But I can see some colour bursting from the ground telling us that spring is around the corner.
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Oh good! Enjoy👍😊❤️
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