In Australia, the seasons are defined by grouping the calendar months in the following way: Spring - the three transition months September, October and November. Summer - the three hottest months December, January and February. Autumn - the transition months March, April and May.
Summer may arrive with hot and humid days. Thunder, clouds and torrential rain.
Song of Summer;
The subtropics are hot and dry;
soil and plants are thirsty and get thirstier every day.
Then the clouds roll in black and heavy with moisture.
The first drops bless the soil;
then the heavens open up in earnest.
sheets of driving rain obscure any view.
Earth is caught in this wonderful dance of water,
soaked up quickly by a greedy dry soil,
leaving no puddles.
When the rains come,
life is beginning again,
this is summer. Ts
Roses and summer, petals burned, falling falling; strong fragrance emphasized by heat and sun. No regrets, summer means summer..
©Photos/Text/ Ts
I love summer. I love the smell of the rain. The garden turns green. The evenings are balmy.
ReplyDeleteI like your poem.
Thank you Diane.
DeleteYour agapanthus is beautiful. I have two pots of them and they never bloom. I like them as foliage though so never ditch them. Your photos are all very nice to see.
ReplyDeleteLarry, thank you, are they in the sun? I wonder why they do not flower, perhaps a good dose of seaweed concentrate, naturally diluted, in spring, to give them a boost. At this time of year the garden is in a blue haze from the flowers. they are very hardy come sun or rain or dry. Yes, I agree the leaves look nice too for a long time until they die down to feed the bulb again!
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