For the most part I am in complete agreement with Henry James who said...
Summer afternoon-summer afternoon:to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language."
Monday, August 18, 2014
August angst...
I complain as bitterly as any about our heat and humidity and how I long for the ease of cooler days. But in actual fact, August as it passes is bittersweet for me, signaling as it does the beginning of the end of summertime.
For the most part I am in complete agreement with Henry James who said...
Summer afternoon-summer afternoon:to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language."
For the most part I am in complete agreement with Henry James who said...
Summer afternoon-summer afternoon:to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language."
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We should all be time lords. Summer moves much too quickly and much too slowly at exactly the same time.
Sigh. That photo! It is the beginning of the end of something and like you, I complain about the heat. But I always like long days and they're shortening noticeably and the air is "different" sometimes--not cooler, just somehow, not summer. That will happen more frequently.
Debra: Summer is pretty elastic, time wise. I have a summer birthday and was always in a hurry to get to it when I was young (not so much a problem these days!) but once it arrived I was always equally desperate for the rest of summer to S L O W
D O W N.
Tina: I know precisely what you mean about the air. Whenever I try to explain that to anybody they typically break eye contact and move a step further away. It IS different lately though. Lighter somehow? I can't quantify or qualify it (obviously) but I can feel it. And I love it even as I'm mourning summer's passing.
I've noticed the change in the quality of light the last couple of weeks. It always makes me feel hopeful somehow. I guess for the promise of cooler days to come.
Beautiful image.
Cat: Thank you - it was a lucky catch.
The light is indeed just a little gentler lately. I suppose it is urging us not to give up just yet as one of our more beautiful times of year is just around the corner.
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