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The Small Things Of Summer

Oregano - aromatic when warm, whether by the sun on a hot day or by stringy mozzarella on a hot pizze
Oregano – aromatic when warm, whether by the sun on a hot day or by stringy mozzarella on a hot pizza

I can always tell when my young daughter has been playing in the Oregano bush in our garden.  She makes stories with her small collection of toy reptiles and insects amongst the leaves and when she comes back into the house, the fresh, green fragrance that is Oregano wafts in with her.  I found the first flower earlier this week which always makes me think back to when I was pregnant with her, my summer baby.

Courgette flowers
Summer squash or yellow courgettes – no matter what you call them, big, beautiful flowers and food on the same plant? It’s all win!

Someone once asked me why my favourite colour is yellow “because it’s the colour of sunshine, butter and cheese” I replied.  My summer squash is busy growing big, yellow squashes of loveliness but in the meantime it supplies huge, gorgeous, all to quickly gone flowers every morning.

 

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I Love It When

With the Solstice passed, we’ve just tipped over the top of summer in terms of length of days but in meteorological terms, the warmest months of summer are yet to come.

Long, warm days – made even better when the weather decides to water the plants overnight.

And so I love it when morning rain breaks for afternoon sun and droplets bask on wide, green summer squash leaves.Squash leaves

And weigh heavy on petunia petals.

Petunias

And I hang my washing, ever watching the clouds to make sure the showers aren’t returning.

What do you love about summer?

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