Sunday, lovely Sunday

How pretty the days are now! The dry soil is dampened by last week's rains, the flowers are at their prime moment, the skies are mostly blue. The winds are brisk enough to chase away pesky bugs. The morning walk, with a pail now, so that I can snip spent lilies as I proceed, is joyful. A few photos for you (I'm moderating my impulse to record it all!):

(day lilies? nope -- these are true lilium)

(here, and in the next photo as well, you wont spot any day lilies)

(in other words, it's not all about day lilies!)

(a field of mainly phloxes...)

(even as my work right now mostly focuses on these gorgeous blooms)

I'm done with my work early: animals fed, lilies snipped. That's a good thing, because I have a breakfast date with my good friend who once again is passing through this way.

How I love these loyal old friends! The morning with her is like a gift, really it is. Staying close to people who live far away can be a challenge. Not here, though. Texting, zooming, visiting -- the sacred trilogy that keeps us together!

I'm home by noon -- in time for a "second breakfast!"

Ed proposes a bike ride and I am on board! I get the electric one and he keeps up on his regular old workhorse and we virtually fly together to Lake Waubesa and back around the bike trails that now come around so close to our home! It's a grand way to feel the summer on your face, in your hair. And of course, you feel like you've done some good work with your muscles, even on the e-bike.

And in the evening the young family is here for supper.

(no, it's not raining!)

We haven't eaten together, on the porch for several weeks now. Talk about the feel of summer! This is it!

And so ends a day that has no wrinkles, no smudges, because the good moments so outshine anything that could spoil it for us. Summer time at her best! 

with so much love...