As forecasted, the new season brought its heat and humidity. Our days have been hot and the clouds that fill the sky have looked very fluffy and full recently. Their appearance makes the various thunderstorm and tornado warnings seem real, but then nothing will happen. The clouds only let out a little rain and then carry on and migrate away.
June made me fall in love with fireflies again. I remember loving them as a little girl, but I haven't really appreciated them since like I have started to this season. At night, their glowing abilities make the fields around our home look like a gigantic blanket covered in glitter. It's absolutely beautiful and makes me feel like I should organize a Whimsical Field Dance Party. All my guests would be required to wear a glittery outfit too.
My daughter reminds me of fireflies a bit due to the fire element in her own little personality. I put a flower on her desk the other day, hoping she would enjoy having her own flower to look at. She really did love it at first, but moments later, I found the flower on the floor and her drinking the flowers water instead of her own water. I then refilled the water and explained to her that the flower needs water to survive just like she does. She obviously didn't care what I had to say because I found her drinking the water again. See...this is the fire element I'm talking about.
There are some other limits at home that I'm trying to set for her, like: she cannot eat all the pickles in the jar in one sitting, she cannot ride the chickens; nor the dog, she cannot pretend to blow her nose with the toilet paper and then throw the whole roll into the toilet, and obviously she cannot drink the water I give to the flowers. These limits of what I need to teach my daughter not to do at this point make me laugh. I think she knows better, she just likes playing these games with us. She will even say..." it funny!" afterwards.
These next few weeks, I need to concentrate on processing and using all these wonderful vegetables my man is bringing in each day. My kitchen is full of garlic that needs to be dried and shallots that need to be cooked. I'm excited about the tomatoes that are starting to ripen and the sunflowers that are starting to open up. And, most of all, I'm loving the fresh bundles of basil that make my small, sacred kitchen area smell so good.
This summertime sun is hot and unbearable at times. I always kind of dread this time of the season because I feel like I'm constantly covered in sweat. Seeing the fruits and veggies fresh off the vine make it all worth it, though. Our powerful Sun helps provide such a bountiful amount of nutritious food for its people, it truly is an amazing process to watch.
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