"Fairest of the months!
Ripe summer's queen
The hey-day of the year
With robes that gleam with sunny sheen
Sweet August doth appear."
- R. Combe Miller


"Let me enjoy
this late-summer day of my heart
while the leaves are still green
and I won't look so close
as to see that first tint
of pale yellow slowly creep in.
I will cease endless running
and then look to the sky
ask the sun to embrace me
and then hope she won't tell
of tomorrows less long than today.
Let me spend just this time
in the slow-cooling glow
of warm afternoon light
and I'd think
I will still have the strength
for just one more
last fling of my heart."
- John Bohrn, Late August


"What dreadful hot weather we have!
It keeps me in a continual state of inelegance."
- Jane Austen




Oh Jane. I agree with you completely.







This is my favorite out of focus picture. Ever.


I will be very inelegant and take Katie to the pool today.
She will be so happy.

Encourage one another,
Donna