Roses and Honeysuckle scent the air

 

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Early summer has suddenly arrived at the beach.

The air is filled with the scent of roses and honeysuckle wafting off the dunes. 

Actually the air smells like the fumes of a gas powered leafblower, as gardeners tidy the grass nearby. But you get the gist.

I walked out to the dunes where the air was fresh and crisp.

The dunes are both overgrown yet somewhat dormant, not very pretty.

I saw Mr Mockingbird scuttling into this thicket of bayberry, scrub pine, and beach roses--his summer home.

The height of rose season is somewhat passed.

But so fragrant and beautiful, with saucer sized blooms.

The resulting hips are huge, maybe from all the rain? They're the size of lady apples, too bad we have no deer to enjoy this fruit.

But look at these prickles! No wonder they go uneaten.

By the boardwalk, the Prayer shells display has changed. [begun during Covid lockdown2020]

The fun folk-art Dune Duck Brigade is gone and the handmade wish/ prayer shells are mostly replaced with this slick Welcome display. Hmmmmm.

Moon: This was the Strawberry Moon. Traditionally named because it heralds the strawberry season, probably the first fruit/ sweet after a long hard winter since ancient times. Not because the Moon appears pink, though it sometimes does.

It looks like lots of spring Moon dancing was going on that night, so many tiny footprints.

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Working on my scroll. How fun to choose the threads. 

And speaking of moons and scrolls, blog friend Juliann tells me k3n [Kathryn] of clothtales has a moon scroll project on You Tube . HERE Pretty sure mine would be more a Year of/ w/ no feelings**...but I am saving it to watch and learn. Have a look? Kathryn's moons are quite reminiscent of those made by Spirit Cloth / Jude Hill, whom you may be familiar with.

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Mo had bath! He has had a few good days. Maybe he'll wear his luau shirt soon, before it gets too hot.

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PS Last week I forgot to tell you I made Mongolian Ground Beef with jasmine rice. It was so tasty, esp Day 2 and 3, and fast, easy. You could use any ground meat, like chicken or pork. Be sure to use all the small list of ingredients, like ginger and a few red chili flakes, nice spring scallions. I used the white part of the scallions in the beef as I sauteed that.  Low salt soy sauce, and be cautious w the sugar. If you don't like sweet and salty [the rice calms that] it would be a No. But I loved it. recipe HERE

Have a lovely weekend, these are the best days. Oh such memories these June days bring...

sampler screenshot/ @myweatheredhome

love

lizzy

gone to the beach....

*(the header with the gorgeous peach roses is my friend's unexpected volunteer. He says he didn't plant them, only the pink roses in the background. Must have been dormant, revived by his care of his planted roses. They look like David Austin heirlooms, don't they.)

**Moon scroll and feelings clarification. Below is a bit of Quilty 365--one whole year of feelings and memories. I loved making it, put it in the blanket chest and never looked at it again. My emotions just aren't all that interesting, hahahahah,🤷🏼‍♀️ a great big who cares/ man up/ whiners are losers result. I had imagined, "Oh this was your birthday, this day we went for a pumpkin, this was Christmas..." Never again.

***some of the moons in that random set must be from Mel in Kansas, I swear I see a grain silo?