It is the end of the third week of August. Sirius, the Dog Star, can be seen in the morning sky. The corn husks are browning, the humidity is starting to get a little less onerous, and the sun light is starting to give off that crisp autumnal clarity.
And then there are the tomatoes and sunflowers –
Those beauteous globes of red that burst with flavor and aroma. I celebrated tomatoes this week by taking two bushels of these beauties and “putting them by” as my grandmother used to say. Come December and January we will have a taste of the Dog Days to give us faith that the cruel short days of cold will end and red and yellow will again rule the day.
Wishing you a bite of a juicy tomato and a vase full of sunflowers,
Bernadette
Awesome!!! Love this….now I’m just going to have to head over to the farmers market for some tomatoes and sunflowers!!!!! 🌻🍅
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I’m not much of a tomato eater, but these are beautiful! And so are the sunflowers!
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Bernadette, I love this short thought on life. I invite you to take your photo and superimpose a poem from the thoughts above onto the photo for my gallery, Summer Splashings. What do you think? If interested send your work to cvarsalona@gmail.com or DM me at Twitter, @cvarsalona.
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In our family, my grandmother “put up” tomatoes and other bounties from her garden. Love your reflections about these wondrous colors of summer!
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I love sunflowers. They always reach for the sky and that’s a good thing.
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The sunflowers and tomatoes have beautiful colors. I like how you show their strength in sustaining us through winter.
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So lovely and it captures summer beautifully!
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First of all, I’m so glad to have finally found your blog! I’ve been trying for a couple of weeks now, I don’t know why I couldn’t do that before! Also, you captured the beauty of my trip to the farmer’s market yesterday. 🙂 So many tomatoes and sunflowers. I filled a bucket with tomatoes. Thanks for this beautiful celebration.
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I can’t say I share your passion for tomatoes but I love the idea of “putting them by” to experience a bit of summer during those cold days. I love sunflowers!
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Your post is like a poem, Bernadette. I love to hear “putting them by”. You really will remember this beautiful time come January.
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I always wondered why this week was called “the dog days of August.” Now I know.
This is a beautiful post – you are a natural poet. I love the photos – especially the tomatoes and sunflower. Let us know how they taste in the winter.
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