Saturday, October 29, 2011

Summer's creeping in.....

We have (at last) had our first Spring/Summer rains! In our part of South Africa our Winters are almost completely dry. The grass turns brown and as the days go by a general layer of dust descends over the landscape. Then the rains come and this happens......

Strawberries begin to appear amid the hay...


...the leeks begin to reach for the sky....


... the light glows through spinach leaves ...


and my standard roses begin to nod in the breeze ...


I love these first hints of Summer.......don't you?

5 comments:

  1. I grew up in a summer rainfall area. I still miss that fresh smell after a good thunderstorm.

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  2. Grrrr! We're just moving into Winter of course, so I'm jealous!

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  3. @garden girl
    Garden Girl, I know exactly what you mean! Those first moments when the rain stops and everything seems like new.... there's NOTHING like it. lol x

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  4. @Mark Willis
    Hi Mark - can't say I envy you a British winter. I had MANY of those but I must admit that Christmas just isn't the same over here. lol x

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  5. It's our summer that has been incredibly dry - soil was like dust

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