If I were to compare this day with most that came just before it, I'd say this had a faster pace.
The zip began early - with Ed poking at me in the delicious moments of a morning sleep and asking if I wanted to play tennis.
Well yes, but maybe not at this second?
Before it gets hot.
Before breakfast?
Of course!
Can I have ten minutes to wake up?
Meet me out front at 8:20.
So we play tennis.
(a selfie! by Ed, whose arm is that long!)
And yes, after -- there is breakfast (of course there is breakfast!)..
... and then, without pause or interruption, I head out to my daughter's and she and I walk over to the downtown farmers market.
After the return, my irritating but at the same time lovable step counter pings -- "you've hit a new record!" Well okay, but don't expect me to play tennis and walk 90 minutes every day before noon. This day is unusually energetic.
At home, there's the predictable work with flowers...
And every time I approach them from a different angle, it's as if a new canvas springs before me!
This is the peak blooming time for the day lilies, so of course, they get my full attention.
It is a rich world of flowers out there right now.
In the late afternoon, Ed and I do something that is about as us as it gets: we head over to Farm and Fleet for cheeper treats, car oil and wire cutters, then to Candina's for chocolates (letting me pick a small box of chocolates at Candina's is Ed's way of acknowledging feelings, helped tremendously by Candina's proximity to Farm and Feet), then to the library to take out a whole stack of movies we'll probably never watch.
Supper. Ed hauls in the first of many many batches of tomatoes from the garden, including the indigo blue, right there on the top.
So supper includes tomatoes. And the cucumbers and the.... oh, you really don't need to know all the ingredients of a summer meal. Yours are good, mine are good -- it's summertime, how can it be otherwise!
The zip began early - with Ed poking at me in the delicious moments of a morning sleep and asking if I wanted to play tennis.
Well yes, but maybe not at this second?
Before it gets hot.
Before breakfast?
Of course!
Can I have ten minutes to wake up?
Meet me out front at 8:20.
So we play tennis.
(a selfie! by Ed, whose arm is that long!)
And yes, after -- there is breakfast (of course there is breakfast!)..
... and then, without pause or interruption, I head out to my daughter's and she and I walk over to the downtown farmers market.
After the return, my irritating but at the same time lovable step counter pings -- "you've hit a new record!" Well okay, but don't expect me to play tennis and walk 90 minutes every day before noon. This day is unusually energetic.
At home, there's the predictable work with flowers...
And every time I approach them from a different angle, it's as if a new canvas springs before me!
This is the peak blooming time for the day lilies, so of course, they get my full attention.
It is a rich world of flowers out there right now.
In the late afternoon, Ed and I do something that is about as us as it gets: we head over to Farm and Fleet for cheeper treats, car oil and wire cutters, then to Candina's for chocolates (letting me pick a small box of chocolates at Candina's is Ed's way of acknowledging feelings, helped tremendously by Candina's proximity to Farm and Feet), then to the library to take out a whole stack of movies we'll probably never watch.
Supper. Ed hauls in the first of many many batches of tomatoes from the garden, including the indigo blue, right there on the top.
So supper includes tomatoes. And the cucumbers and the.... oh, you really don't need to know all the ingredients of a summer meal. Yours are good, mine are good -- it's summertime, how can it be otherwise!
I love every one of your flower tapestries. Keep them coming as long as the season lets you! Jean
ReplyDeleteThank you! They flowers will grow less abundant as August comes around, but many will repeat bloom in a more subdued fashion all the way until the first frost (and the asters will continue even beyond).
DeleteIf you only have a DVD player that plays Region 1 (USA), I am curious how you can find a bunch of good movies to watch. I have a Region 2 player and what a difference in the quality of the movies/shows that are available. Just a whole 'nuther world of entertainment.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds tempting, except then we would have to *buy* that other world of movies and we try not to do that ever, unless I deem a movie to be an "all time favorite" to be replayed multiple times forever after.
DeleteI'd say Ed's long limbs would be an almost insurmountable disadvantage for you in the game of tennis. I guess you get twice the workout!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous, gorgeous profusion of blooms.
His stretch is so amazingly long that he rarely misses a ball. So we don't play by conventional rules. We have a serve rotation that provides incentives to return all balls. And yes, I get twice the workout that he does!
DeleteI agree with Jayview. And with your title. Energetic indeed. So you are continuing to use that annoying app! Well done.
ReplyDeleteThe app has taken control of my iPhone! It wont stop counting! I suppose I could get rid of it, but for now, it's sort of amusing! :)
DeleteI visited a neighbor's garden today and as she was showing me around, she plucked a yellow day lily and handed it to me and said "eat it, it's delicious" and it was very sweet. She said she puts them in their salads every evening because, after all, they are only day lilies. I asked if all day lilies are edible and she said she didn't know about those orange ditch day lilies. It had been a long time since I'd heard anyone refer to them as ditch day lilies.
ReplyDeleteI'll say this -- when they're spent, they put out a terrific color stain. My shorts are full of "day lily" souvenirs!
DeleteWe have a whole patch of ditch lilies to one side of the porch and somehow I haven't the heart to get rid of them. It seems fitting to have them by a farmhouse -- the no fuss flower that will grow and multiply crazily no matter what. They are both noxious and beautiful and tougher than any other flower that grows here.
But I have to admit -- I have never eaten a day lily. Nasturtium -- yes. Pansy -- also. But the day lily seems so... large. Like it would dominate a salad!