Lots of clouds, winds, many rainstorms and relatively little sunshine. Now, as I'm writing this, the summer has returned (again to the disappointment of many people now in their work ofiices)!
If summer is cold, you have to concentrate on other kinds of activies. I had work to do in my studio and we had lots of fun with our kids. Also the plants in my garden, they had alternative strategies this year. Those plants that thrived well last year, did not do very well this year and those plants which performed miserably during 2014, were in full swing now. Good times for strawberry, carrots, herbs and berries, but also to weeds, especially lupin, a pretty bad (but beautiful) alien species.
In the beginning of the summer, I had a feeling that it's going to very challenging to take care of our garden this year. However, as the summer progressed, I received a feeling that the elementals in the nature were now co-operating with me in much deeper level than before. I almost felt like I received subliminal messages during my work ("You should take away that plant...and put some branches here", etc.). And...everything looks really nice now in the garden. Also the sun-loving species are doing well now as the August weather is very good.
P.s. The picture below was taken during August in France. I was visiting an old garden in Montpellier, where I sent s request in my thoughts that I would very much like to see garden spirits, especially their leader Pan, somehow in that beautiful garden. To my disappointment, I did not see anyone. However, on the next morning, I was crossing another park in the city and this statue was suddenly in front of me. It was made in the 18th century (I think so) and it had a name 'Musique Rustique'. Well, the leader of the garden spirits wanted to show hiself, after all!
