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As reluctant as I am to admit it, it’s almost time to start being nostalgic about summer and start pretending to enjoy the advent of fall.

Can I live without spiced cider and cozy mittens? Yes. Yes, I can. There’s a reason for all those homey treats: to keep our fingers from falling off our frozen hands.

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Since it’s almost over, it’s okay now to exult over how wonderful the weather has been without fear of jinxing it. Nice long spring, super-mild summer days, cool nights–we haven’t known what to do with ourselves down here. Where were the nights in the 90’s? Where were the three-digit dog days? Not quite enough rain, but almost enough rain.

IMG_3344All in all, the kind of summer you’d like to have on repeat.  And the gardens have been beautiful.

 

 

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The flowers haven’t burned up.  The lettuce stood a chance.

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The berries were happy.

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I don’t want it to go.

To help myself get over it and move on, I’m putting together a post on the seamy side of summer.

There will be cabbage moth larvae, and plenty of them.