Ordinary Wonderment

Gerber Daisy

Today's Joy: Height of the Growing Season.
It's hot today, Reader. You can feel it in the air when you step outside--that heavy, wall of humidity. We're about to hit the dog days of summer. So, before it gets so hot I can't stand myself, I'm taking a good look around at the lush, summer landscape. The evenings are still cool. The Japanese beetles have yet to emerge from the ground to devour our roses. The grass is still vivid, emerald green.

Hard to believe spring is already over and this past week marked the longest days of the year. It's all shorter from here! But that's okay too. Just part of the life cycle. Season to season, we ebb and flow and move with the rhythm of the earth as our little planet circles the sun. Such a precious gift, life. To be blessed enough to live in the safest country in the world, with the best medical care and opportunities available, and where we are free to make our own choices and live as we wish is simply amazing. The odds of that happening randomly are staggering. Just something to keep in mind when you're feeling a little mistreated by life.

Here are a few lush summer photos I took in the garden this afternoon. Doesn't God do good work?


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