“There shall be eternal summer in the grateful heart."
- Celia Thaxter
Hi friends,
This letter has been on my mind since Tuesday, and somehow time has slipped right by and it's Saturday evening! Feels like summer is flying by too. The only way I know how to slow things down is to practice the art of noticing. Taking an extra minute to walk through the garden on the way to or from your car to notice the smallest of wonders: the beautiful web ‘Charlotte’ created during the night; how pretty the seedheads and grasses look backlight by the sun low in the sky; how the ornamental grasses are now shooting up their tall flowering stems; how the hues in the landscape are changing; eating cherry tomatoes right off the vine; and the list goes on. . .
However, it's not just in the noticing, it's also in the thanking that our hearts are truly filled with God's abundance and eternal summer.
We have selected a date for our next literary tea - Sunday, October 13 - but are still in the process of choosing a book to discuss. It's been suggested we do a mystery, and I want to stick with a classic, so . . . we've narrowed down our list to: Murder on the Orient Express, or non-mysteries: Little Women and At Home in Mitford. If you are thinking of attending, please let me know which one you prefer. Tickets will go on sale the beginning of September.
Below are a few things that are inspiring me in these late summer days. I hope they inspire you as well, and that you will begin to practice the art of noticing, too.
See you soon!
