Muscadine grape vines, grown from last summer’s seeds, twine through thyme and chives.
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Now in the heart of August, the heart of summer,
the world glows Green on green on green.
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Rose scented Geranium
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We are wrapped in every green imaginable;
moist, vibrant, healing in every shade and hue.
Winter’s white, browns and grey have melted into green lushness.
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Redbud leaves
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Every branch and stem obscured by verdant leaves,
The Earth opened
and clothed herself in emerald herbs and grasses,
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Scented Geranium
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Moss and vine; fern and shrub .
The air shimmers with it,
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Beautyberry
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The warm air fragrant with perfume of mown sweetgrass
and sun soaked leaves.
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We feast on greenness,
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Seeing it, smelling it, tasting it, hearing the rustle of leaves
on summer breezes;
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Filling ourselves with living greenness
As the year cycles onward yet again.
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A rose among Ginger Lily
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Words and Photos by Woodland Gnome 2014
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“If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change.
As a man changes his own nature,
so does the attitude of the world change towards him.
We need not wait to see what others do.”
Mahatma Ghandi
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Global Meditation for Peace today
at noon, your own local time.
Forest Garden 
Wonderful! You have captured the very essence of summer. This will be a good post to revisit next winter!
😉 I’ll put a note on my calender to look back. Thank you, Eliza 😉