MIDSUMMER

summer came 

in her robe of light

and sprinkled the earth

with flowers.

we've found ourselves

in a deserted city,

with most people headed 

to their summer cottages 

for midsummer.

I think we'll pack the car

with picnic stuff

& take a little road trip.

I'm yearning to see 

the sparkling sea

& pick (at least) those seven flowers

to slip under the pillow.

it's warm,

nature's bursting at its seams,

and in summer, 

the song sings itself,

as Mr William Carlos Williams says. 

Happy Midsummer!

x

(my gorgeous model: Anastasiia Lokkila)

MIDSUMMER

four hours in the car,

goodbye work bits & bobs

and city dust.

time for a midsummer breather.

moments in mum's gardens

& little excursions

dips in a lake,

any time of the day...

a forest walk,

& late night sauna.

a week to go before the actual holidays

& this little trip did so much good

in quenching stress levels

in face of all that's left do

before truly letting loose. 

x

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

"I know a bank where the wild thyme blows,

where oxlips & the nodding violet grows,

quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine,

with sweet musk-roses & white eglantine:

There sleeps Titania sometime of the night,

lulled in these flowers with dances & delight."

Wishing you a magical midsummer.

words: William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream

garden images taken at midsummer time in Provence

portraits of Ani, loveliness inside & out.)

MIDSUMMER WISH

Popping by to wish you 

a very lovely Midsummer time. 

Onnellista juhannusta kaikille! 

x