Um...it's October 6th. I had pumpkins on my porch last year on September 23rd. And this year? My hydrangeas are still blooming and I'm holding onto summer with all of my might.
I really looked forward to the Summer of Twenty-Ten all year - to the arrival of "Baby" McKevitt (now happily referred to as Thomas or Tommy), to a much needed 3 month break from my job, to weddings and small trips and the ability to hang out at the pool on a weekday (which didn't happen, but in my vision of the summer of twenty-ten I was at the pool all the time).
The fall signified returning to my job, a big surgery, and the closing of the pool. And we're past all of that and everything is great - and yet I'm still clinging to summer. Pumpkins can wait. As long as the hydrangeas are blooming and the days are warm, I'm sticking with summer.
good for you!
ReplyDeletebut i gotta say, if you had my summer of single-mommyhood and temps hotter than Hades, you might be welcoming Fall too! :)
i wish it was still warm here. I love ur flowers.
ReplyDeleteAww, the flowers are in the Gurgle Pot! That thing is so versatile.
ReplyDeleteI was hanging onto summer too. Until fall and the rain rolled into town yesterday. Now I'm looking forward to Halloween, soups and the holidays. :) Your hydrangeas are gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteLovely. I need some tips. My hydrangeas have never bloomed. They have some hard-core leaves, but no blooms. I'm jealous.
ReplyDeleteI am jealous of those hydrangeas too! Ours bloomed but now they are long gone. Everything still looks...well a little scorched. I think it was a tough summer.
ReplyDeleteOr maybe I just need to be better at watering....
I agree. Let these warm days continue.
ReplyDeleteThe flowers are great. Even in June mine never looked like that. I was thinking of asking for one of those fish pitchers for Christmas.
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