wordless wednesday
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| Eureka Springs, Ar |
Nature is pleased with simplicity. – Sir Isaac Newton
talya
Grace Grits and Gardening
Farm. Food. Garden. Life.
Musical Pairing:
Simple Gifts, Yo Yo Ma and Alison Kraus
Simple Gifts
Fall is my favorite color…
Fall is my favorite color.
Ozark is my favorite shade.
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| Fayetteville, Arkansas |
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| Berryville, Arkansas |
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| Eureka Springs, Arkansas |
Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth. They do not preach learning and precepts, they preach, undeterred by particulars, the ancient law of life. –― Hermann Hesse, Bäume. Betrachtungen ind Gedichte
talya
Grace Grits and Gardening
Farm. Food. Garden. Life.
Musical Pairing:
Danny Wright, Autumn Dreams
August
August is stifling, a string of one hundred plus degree days.
Plants wilt and scream to be cut back or yanked from the soil.
I open the kitchen door and heat billows. Before sunrise.
The dogs stop and sniff and stare, refusing to move from the back step. They wonder what’s going on in this place we live?
Yes, they wonder, I can tell by their cocked heads and sincere eyes.
I enjoy August, even with her sultry days bringing frizzy hair and skin damp enough to sprout seeds.
August marks the bittersweet end of summer.
Maybe sneak in one last vacation?
I anticipate fall and cotton harvest.
School supplies fill store shelves.
Number two pencils.
Clean white notebook paper.
I wait for college football and pumpkin lattes.
I wait for that first brilliant leaf.
Grace Grits and Gardening
Farm. Food. Garden. Life.
Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability. ~Sam Keen
