Late summer sunsets

I don't know what science is involved, but sunsets during the last evenings of summer always seem to be so beautiful with us.

Really, hauntingly lovely, but very quickly over.

It is as if the sun is twirling its way off centre stage for the year with as much flamboyance and va va voom as possible. Gets a standing ovation from me.

what i am loving about late summer

late summer blooms in punchy colours

golden afternoon sunlight

eating in the garden, reading in the hammock, 

cups of rose tea with bees buzzing and butterflies flitting 

playing with my youngest two before uniforms are pressed and shoes shined.

enjoying their freedom with them, relishing their crumpled shorts and lolly-dripped t-shirts. 

loving later breakfasts. time for pancakes and bircher meusli and langour.

 fruitpicking and crumble-baking and pie and jam-making. 

blackberry stained fingers and bare feet,

sprinklers, freckles,

even getting caught out by rain and 
leaving wet flipflops by the door.
good books and proper bedtime stories,
taking our time over these

happy last days of summer.

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sharing this on the Modern Country Style summer linky party
 the good life Wednesday linky do at a beach cottage
and At the Picket Fence's Inspiration Friday

Late summer show-offs

Here are a small sample of the in-your-face, showy-offy floral divas that are strutting their stuff all over my borders at the 11th hour of summer, modelling my Summer/Fall collection .

They apologise to no-one for their garish colours and over-the-top style.

They seem to dare anyone to criticise. I won't be, I chose them. They know where I live.

So, zinnias, sunflowers, pincushion flowers and dahlias; catwalk queens and end of summer heroines all.