Category Archives: summer

Summer Got-away

fall, gardening, summer, time, weather, weedsBy Andrea Jones October 5, 2018 4 Comments

I promised myself last spring it wouldn’t happen again: the summer, this year, would not spiral out of control. I would manage my time, balance my obligations, ride herd on my expectations. But the summer got away from me. Again. I can never figure out how this happens, can never reconstruct where, exactly, the days…

Parched…and Yet

color, humans and wildlife, summer, weather, wildfireBy Andrea Jones June 18, 2018 2 Comments

I knew these days would come. In late spring for the last several years, I have nagged myself to remember—and be grateful for—the luxury of going into summer with moisture in the ground. How pleasant those days were. I didn’t have to witness the slow crisping of tender young leaves, didn’t have to stand by…