{"id":4166,"date":"2015-08-16T08:44:05","date_gmt":"2015-08-16T12:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/triciatierneyblog.com\/?p=4166"},"modified":"2015-08-16T13:48:33","modified_gmt":"2015-08-16T17:48:33","slug":"just-a-summer-sunday-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/triciatierneyblog.com\/?p=4166","title":{"rendered":"A Summer Sunday Morning"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I love the light of a Summer morning, remarkable through the greens and yellows of the trees. And the sounds, different on a Sunday. While not visible from here, the noise from I-95 \u00a0is constant at this hour, just a hum from a stream of mostly cars with rare moments of quiet when no one seems to be passing. So much anonymous humanity passing. \u00a0Going or leaving home? So many imagined stories vibrating through the trees.<\/p>\n

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A cool breeze blows and for a moment, feels almost Autumnal. As if on cue, a Mourning Dove coos – a sing-song call of melancholy as Summer days disappear, the sun shifting closer towards the opposite end of earth. I used to feel desperate when the warmth and light began this slip away but have grown to appreciate the change. I don’t like being cold and prefer the light to dark – but savor the warmth of my home, the fireplace and longer hours to read and reflect. There’s something about the warmer months that makes me feel like I must DO. And I like DOing nothing<\/em> quite a bit. Well, not exactly nothing – but sedentary things like reading and writing. Winter is good for that.<\/p>\n

Summer is a time to get things done outside and we’ve been productive around here recently. Four trips to the dump last weekend, taking away piles of rotting wood and leaves that sat in corners of our yard for too long. It’s been dry, so there’s always watering to be done – a task I enjoy. And my Zinnias are lovely.<\/p>\n

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From where I sit now, I look past cluttered table (remember – it’s a good time for outside<\/em> tasks!) to 3 windows. To my left I look out at a new Hydrangea planted last weekend. Straight ahead, onto our little porch and the laundry line. A perfect day for drying clothes in the sun – the air dry and fresh. I’ll get a load in soon. We’re just high enough to catch a breeze and so many trees surround us that we have our own little microclimate a few degrees cooler than anywhere else in the neighborhood. To the right, out the living room window I see a branch of the Butterfly bush that could use a good session of deadheading and through the canopy of leaves, a patch of still Summer sky.<\/p>\n

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