8/12/2013 Lughansa Honey Moon
The Perseids are in the skies and the State Fair starts in two weeks with Labor Day approaching not soon after. Cultural summer as well as meteorological summer has begun to fade. The garden, too, is on its last big push with the tomatoes starting to ripen as well as green peppers, cucumbers and eggplants. The leeks will come out last. And, of course, those perverse garlic bulbs will get planted next month, right along with new tulips, hyacinths and other early spring bloomers.
(Summer’s End, art quilt by Linda Anderson)
Today though it is not yet gone. And I’m glad. I have sprays to put on the crops and all those stumps I’ve created over the last few weeks need painting with brush-be-gone to prevent suckers. I’ve really enjoyed these last few weeks with the cooler air, the lack of pressure from Latin and the near completion, then completion of Missing’s third revision. Those things have allowed me to work outside in the early morning without feeling guilty about inside work and without the heat. I don’t like working outside in the heat. Never have.
In fact, I’m going out right now. It’s 65. Dewpoint 59. Perfect.
