To STAND AND stare

HIGH SUMMER IS A TIME TO SLOW YOUR PACE AND SURRENDER TO THE MOMENT. ANY KIND OF BUSYNESS AT THIS TIME OF YEAR IS BEST LEFT TO THE BEES, SAYS ANDREW TIMOTHY O’BRIEN

Picture a gorgeous day in a garden, and it’s likely your imagination will transport you to the hazy heat of a summer’s afternoon; warm sun on your skin, bright light sparkling through generously billowing borders and clear blue skies to which rain can be little more than the faintest of rumours. And all of this with the promise of a long evening’s entertainment in the happy company of friends and family, as moths sip from the pale blooms of night-scented plants, flitting silently in the slowly failing light from evening primrose to jasmine, from jasmine to honeysuckle, from honeysuckle to nicotianas and stocks. THINK LIKE A PLANT Opening my eyes, I find I no longer have to imagine – high summer has taken possession of each leaf and bud and branch and…

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The Simple Things (Digital) - 1 Issue, August 2023

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