June 27, 2013 - Non-visual beauty

Today I left the camera inside the house.  There are things of beauty there, to be sure, but I simply paid attention to what I saw outside the house.

First, there was the loveliness of dawn.  O.K., actually, I was up a bit late for that - but it was still early enough to catch the early morning shadows, and the brightness of early morning colors.

Then, after working out, I went to a friend's house to harvest blueberries.  There is something exquisite about the way the berries are arranged on the branch, the difference in color between those that are ripe and those that are yet to ripen, and the promise of what is yet to come.  And....there were orioles inside the netted area.  Lovely to watch!

Later, conversation with a friend over an iced coffee.  Granted, we were three thousand miles apart, but that is the joy of the cell phone.  We had a wonderful conversation as I sat outside, enjoying the warmth and sunshine, which has at long last returned.  (And is planning to return with a vengeance, so we hear.)

Finally, back home and into the garden.  I harvested the first of the green beans, some tiny baby zucchini, more raspberries, broccoli, and kale.  I deadheaded most of the roses, sacrificing a few blooms to make the work a bit more expeditious.  I pulled a few weeds, and wandered through the beds, looking to see how everything is doing.  So far, so good.  I have peppers that have already formed, and expect there are some tomatoes in the midst of all those flowers and all that greenery on those plants.  The corn has grown easily a foot in the past week - and the late planting will manage to be "knee-high by fourth of July".  

Then onto the deck with my husband for a glass of wine for me and a glass of tea for him.  The birds sang, the sun set beautifully, and a pair of killdeer were wooing on our front driveway.  We fear we've lost the kingbirds - all the rain last week doubtless floated the nest they built in our rain gutters.  Alas!  We love watching those birds!

So finally, some time with you, remembering the day, and the beauty that filled it.