The wildflower seed my husband planted this spring has produced hundreds of plants, all about knee high now, and just beginning to bloom.
They will continue to grow taller as they bloom from now until the first heavy frost, hopefully months away.
It feels like summer has just begun when you look at these fresh green leaves reaching for the sky.
But walking in the woods this morning, in mid-July, it feels like fall is on the way.
How can both things be possible at the same time?
I guess the same way I wish this summer would be over and I hope it’s never over.
It’s the summer my girl moved on and I wonder if I will feel as close to her once the season changes.
It’s the summer my girl moved on and I want the pain to ease and hope it does once the season changes.
Meanwhile, summer marches on, one day at a time, slipping away while I watch.
Just like she did.
Change Is Hard 
July 13, 2022 at 5:58 pm
These are gorgeous, Dawn. Was it a packet of mixed seeds? I would love to do that. And I know what you mean, you want it to move on as you don’t at the same time.
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July 13, 2022 at 6:17 pm
He orders seed from Vermont Wildflower (maybe Company after those words). You can also find something similar though not as good, at Home Depot in the spring. The seeds are so dense I didn’t have to weed the front garden at all. But we also put it in an old vegetable garden, and there’s a LOT of grass in there, so I have to weed a couple times as the little sprouts grow. Still worth it. Hardly any work and stunning as the summer moves along and into fall.
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July 13, 2022 at 6:19 pm
I love it. I shall splurge next year 🙂
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July 13, 2022 at 6:51 pm
Stay tuned, I’m sure there will be more photos, as the season progresses, of the flowers and you’ll see how spectacular they are!
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July 13, 2022 at 9:04 pm
No complaints from my end!!
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July 13, 2022 at 6:49 pm
Such pretty flowers! 🙂 They are cheerful flowers!!
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July 13, 2022 at 7:02 pm
I love wildflowers. Hugs.
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July 13, 2022 at 7:16 pm
I find wildflowers so much more interesting than all the cultivated plants. Beautiful color and pictures.
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July 13, 2022 at 8:06 pm
I can picture Katie posing next to these flowers and saying, “They’re pretty, Mama, but not as pretty as me.” And don’t forget the ‘one photo one treat’ clause in her contract.
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July 13, 2022 at 8:22 pm
She sat in front of them all the previous years that we planted them. And in fact a neighbor had a puppy last summer and we got shots of him in front of the wildflowers too. She didn’t mind him getting some attention last year as by then she was pretty much over posing for me.
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July 13, 2022 at 8:30 pm
I just added a photo of her sitting in front of last year’s flowers, that were mostly orange. Those were from the Home Depot seeds.
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July 14, 2022 at 8:06 am
Flowers? What flowers?! Katie made me laugh with her one photo rule. She never did forget that ruling, did she?
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July 13, 2022 at 10:24 pm
Your post is so symbolic of how life is so cyclical.
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July 14, 2022 at 9:30 am
No, Lois, she never did forget about her one photo one treat clause. She was very strict about it. Especially her last year.
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July 14, 2022 at 10:10 am
What a cool idea. A packet of wildflower seeds, sort of like a box of chocolates, you really never know what you are going to get, but whatever you get, it’s good.
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July 14, 2022 at 10:53 am
Such beautiful flowers and, of course, a beautiful dog.
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July 27, 2022 at 12:08 am
Yep, you do and you don’t. And your heart aches no matter which way you think of it. Flowers help, the sky helps, birds help. In moments of sheer madness, I sometimes wished I could forget my girl, but those moments passed quickly … I’d rather have the pain AND have the wonderful memories of her smell and touch and smile and joy we shared.
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July 29, 2022 at 1:01 pm
I’ve had some moments when she’s not the top story in my mind. But not many. I don’t ever want to forget her and that’s what worries me most…forgetting her.
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