(From Pinterest)
I love summer, idyllic warm (even hot) summer days.
I plan all fall, winter, and spring for this time, for summer.
The land is heavy as it nears harvest
The heat massive and somnolent
Butterflies and Hummingbirds sailing along in the warm air
The Bumblebees and Honeybees so heavy with pollen their buzz even sounds labored
Our August nights have now become mild,
a sweet chill on the air before the sun warms the sky—giving the earth a spectral look, As though the Otherworld is peaking through.
Summer, each and every day dazzles; my heart, my mind, and my eyes.
From my world to your heart,
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 
Totally agree with your lovely words.
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We, you and I, are SUMMER people!
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LOVE THE CARTOON!!! Beautiful blog today and yesterday also… Thanks.
Katie
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Aw! Thank you Katie! You are always so kind.
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Ha! Mom says that to the mirror every single day!
Love and licks,
Cupcake
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So does my Mom! HAHAHAHA Boomer
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Love your petunias!
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Aren’t they most unusual! I saw them for the first time this year.
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Oh, your flowers are just glorious! The four-o-clocks from your seed are blooming here too. Delightful colors!
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It’s fun to share. Then when they bloom (like my red day lilies I think of you!
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Your petunias are fabulous, especially those almost-black ones!
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They are new this year in the garden centers and I just had to have some!
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Summer can’t come quick enough for me – this here in Australia has been a most
peculiar winter and as it is August – the Antarctic winds are here.
Not good for my aging skin, I can assure you!
You sure have excellent green fingers.
Cheers
Colin
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Summer is coming to you…I can feel it here.
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I’m not much of a hot weather person, but if that weather helps produce the lovely blossoms you’ve shown I’ll put up with it!
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Your hot weather produces your beautiful roses! I love they one you showed us today!
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Wow….what magnificent pictures! Thank you for sharing those. Enjoy each day of summer, Linda. Can’t decide which of your flowers I love best….they’re all gorgeous like eye candy!
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And they smell WONDERFUL. Every evening as the air cools down the yard is rich in smells
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Your flowers are lovely, tended with love.
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Thank you, Ellen
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Your flowers are absolutely beautiful, Linda! Mine are all struggling as it has been to very hot and dry here. They prefer God’s watering rather than my hand watering! We had two cooler days (90&92) and they were heavenly!
Blessings!
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Too much of anything is just too much. I hope you get some rain soon! Hugs, My Dear Friend!
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Ha ha think I have one of those mirrors in our house! Lovely blooms Linda … 🙂👏
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You made me SMILE
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Wow, you have Physostegia virgiana! I have not seen that in years!
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Obedient Plant!! In white!
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WHITE!
Has it always been there, or did you actually find it in a nursery? When I saw it in San Luis Obispo in the 1980s, it was only white. Then, when I saw it in a few gardens in the Los Angeles region in the early 1990s, it was only in pink. I do not think that I have seen it since then. My colleague down south says that both white and pink are rare but still available from his sources if I want some.
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I planted it!
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SWEET!
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