:: August days... ::

" August is the slow,

gentle month

that stretches out the longest

across the span of a year.

It yawns and lingers on

with the light in its palms."

{Victoria Erickson}

" I live in music,

in words,

in the fires of

the heart."

{Mary Oliver

August days...

I couldn't decide which

collections of images to share,

so I'm sharing both.

How different each one translates

the feelings of one single month.

Light, bright and happy...

moody, quiet and peaceful.

A month that gifted all in

great measure.

A month I held in my heart

the art of noticing

nature's subtle changes...

whisperings of what's to come.

Anticipation for my most loved season of all.

A month of transition...

my oldest off to college

for his second year.

my youngest entering her junior year

of high school...

this time of planning and preparation

for her soon-to-be college adventure.

I'm sitting here just taking it all in,

the journey and joy of parenthood.

Re-reading The Tenant of Wildfell Hall...

I loved it even more the second time.

Falling deeply into the atmosphere,

the way words weave their way into my heart.

Re-reads really are the best.

This gift of another month

for which I am grateful.