the garden

October 8th

leaves in water, shadows and reflections

October 20th

leaves beneath and
reflected in the water

August 24th

even though the air has been luscious
the last two mornings
cool enough to require a sweatshirt
in the garden
i'm still obsessed with water.

the lovely reflection photo and
painting at monkeypaints last week
put me in mind of this photograph
i made when staying a bike's ride from
Kailua beach on Oahu in august
many years ago.(if you notice the tiny
human legs in the upper left corner, it gives
a sense of scale to the size of this reflection)

talk about humid and hot.
stifling is the word
for any spot on the island not
brushed by the onshore winds.

i was staying with my sister's friend and
her big family. i do not believe the
parents or kids noticed that i borrowed
a bike and spent the whole of every
day down at the beach where the
winds from the sea and amazing water
were a blessing
a miracle, yes
paradise.

(okay, i did take two days to ride
the bus around the island and did get
off in a couple of places--including
Waikiki--but quickly decided to
stay put by the sea)

August 17th

okay
so this is not an image
representative of august
(it was oviously taken in early spring)
but it does express how i feel
now that the horrible heat
has broken

sunday afternoon a cold front
moved across our area
bringing four seperate thunderstorms
one after the other
and dropping more than two inches of rain!
and yes, cooler temps came too
24 degrees cooler

we are sitting outside
each morning for tea
once again
feels like ages sinceit felt good
to sit outside in the mornings

it was very bad timing
to leave the garden
our friend worked hard
watering for us and
we really could not
have done much better
and it always amazes me
how much better the
garden grows with rain
rather than irrigation.

hopefully this is it
the last of the horrible heat.
september is almost here
and the late summer
flowers can hopefully
begin their second flush
and the blooms
in the fresher, cooler air
will linger longer.