African Garden + summer

July Muse 2008

A Moment in Summer

A moment in summer
belongs to me
and one particular honey bee.
A moment in summer
shimmering clear
making the sky seem very near,
a moment in summer belongs to me
.

Charlotte Zolotow

July snuck up on me like a deer in the garden at night. It's those months that end on the 30th that get me. To me summer and Roses go together. The Rose in the photo is not mine. That's my mom's 'Sharifa Asma,' a very fragrant David Austin Rose.

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