“that august time it was delight. to watch the red moons wane to white.”
-algernon charles swinburne
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image credit: *kevin henkes, ‘kitten’s first full moon’
*one of my fav authors/illustrators of children’s books
Aug5
Category Archives: summer
Jul2
blind date.
exploring saginaw forest
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“july is a blind date with summer.”
*-hal borland
*Harold “Hal” Glen Borland was an American writer, journalist and naturalist. In addition to writing many non-fiction and fiction books about the outdoors, he was a staff writer and editorialist for The New York Times
1900 – 1978
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summer 2023, ann arbor, michigan, usa
Jun21
this is the solstice.
Midsummer or Estival Solstice is the 1st day of summer when the sun reaches the highest point in the sky.
The term solstice is derived from the Latin words Sol (sun) and Sistere (to stand still) because the sun’s position at noon does not appear to change much during the solstice and the surrounding days, unlike at other times where the Earth’s tilt causes the sun’s path to rise and fall from one day to the next.
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“this is the solstice,
the still point of the sun, its cusp and midnight,
the year’s threshold and unlocking,
where the past lets go of and becomes the future;
the place of caught breath, the door of a vanished house left ajar…”
― margaret atwood
Jun13
youth.
a sure sign –
a bike hurriedly tossed on its side
no doubt someone excited to play
if i had to guess
i’d say there is a child on summer vacation
somewhere nearby.
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“youth comes but once in a lifetime.”
-henry wadsworth longfellow
Jun8
forever.
school’s out.
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“today is the first and last day of forever.”
-stephanie meyer
Aug1
august of another summer.
“august of another summer,
and once again I am drinking the sun
and the lilies again are spread across the water.”
-mary oliver
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gallup park, ann arbor, mi, usa – august 2022
Jul27
it is today.
midsummer
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“i saw the sea put on her dress of midsummer loveliness…
i heard the wind call out and say,
get up my dear, it is today!”
-rachel field
Jul21
hot flash mob.
(not me, but a trio that has my same musical style)
nothing better
on a sweltering hot day
than having a front row seat
belting out fan karaoke.
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“i think there’s something strangely musical about noise.”
-trent reznor, nine inch nails
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image credit: google images
Jul20
slip ‘n slide.
in this heat wave
thinking back to the time
when i decided to
slip ‘n slide with my daughters
waited my turn
zoomed up to it
head first, arms ahead
ready to slide for miles
balked at the last second
backside first, head followed
slammin’ instead of slidin’
didn’t end up cooled down and filled with joy
did end up concussed and filled with regrets.
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“you always say, ‘i’ll quit when i start to slide,’ and then one morning you wake up and realize you’ve done slid.”
-sugar ray robinson (american professional boxing champion)
Jul6
good humor.
nothing like seeing a good humor truck in the summertime.
what’s your personal go-to order?
i’m all about the ice cream sandwiches or strawberry shortcake bars.
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“there is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.”
-charles dickens
I didn't have my glasses on.... 