August

“The arrival of August means that summer is drawing to a close,
and that’s exactly why it should be embraced.”
Amanda McArthur

August is anticipation: children dreading summer’s end, their mothers longing for it. [PR]

“The first week of August hangs at the very top of summer, the top of the live-long year,
like the highest seat of a Ferris wheel when it pauses in its turning.
The weeks that come before are only a climb from balmy spring,
and those that follow a drop to the chill of autumn,
but the first week of August is motionless, and hot.
Natalie Babbit, Tuck Everlasting

August is beauty: butterflies and hummingbirds pose among the garden flowers. [PR]

“Did you know … that around the tenth of August, any year, you can look up in the sky at night and see dozens and dozens of shooting stars?” Elizabeth Enright

August is scented.

“Breathe the sweetness that hovers in August.”
Denise Levertov

August is bountiful.

“It was August and the fields were high with corn.
In the orchard the last of the peaches clung to their branches
and the apples were showing their first pinkish blush.
The vegetable garden overflowed with produce:
peppers, green beans, zucchini, tomatoes, cucumbers, and squash.”
Melanie Gideon, Valley of the Moon

“Don’t let your August be four weeks of feeling sad that fall is right around the corner.”
Jasmine Vaughn-Hall