Here we are, On the hill of summer; The longest day.
For my little verse, I give thanks to A.E. Housman and to J.A. Baker for their inspirational writing.
Have a great day!
Ashley
Here we are, On the hill of summer; The longest day.
For my little verse, I give thanks to A.E. Housman and to J.A. Baker for their inspirational writing.
Have a great day!
Ashley
A Different View 
Have a lovely day too Ashley. Fantastic photo!
Thanks, Gabriel, you have a great day too πππββοΈ
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π Thanks, David πββοΈ
Your photo depicts the hot days of summer well! I love the hokku, Ash! A solstice transplant! Thanks, my hokku friend!
Hi Ed, hoping the garden is growing well and you are enjoying this special day π·πββοΈ
On the hill of summer – words, and view.
Summerly. Lovely β€
Ahh, thank you, Marina, for your loverly words ππββοΈ
Thank you, Ashley!
I hope you had a lovely day, as well.
Much Love!
Dear Stefanie, thank you for visiting my post. I hope you are keeping well and safeππ€
I wish you a beautiful summer.
Thank you, Chinou, and I hope you have a great summer too! ππββοΈ
Enjoy your summer! It is funny because that photo could have been taken here and it would look just as nice and nobody could probably tell it is halfway around the world.
It is great that even though we’re miles apart we are able to speak to each other almost as if you were next door! When I was a child in the 1950s my parents would listen to the radio on Sunday mornings: Alistair Cooke reading his Letter from America and later on in the morning to Family Favourites a musical request programme with requests from around the world. Your comment just brought all those memories back! Both of you there, have a great summer too. πππββοΈ
Thank you Ashley, I love your poem and the idea of the hill of summer… Enjoy those lovely long days while they are around. We’re experiencing the hill of winter here and it’s set to get wetter and colder than it’s been so far. I think it feels more like a Dale: dark damp and dismal π
Lovely to hear from you, Morag. Thank you for your comments. ππ We have had some lovely days but also some really dismal days. It’s not summer as I remember it! Today actually feels cold with the temperature around 14oC (57oF) mainly because the air currents are coming from the north. Brrr! πββοΈ
You are welcome we have a fire going π₯
Hope you had a good Midsummer Ashley π
Thank you Andrea. Midsummer day was okay but the following day was amazing. The sun warmed us on a visit to the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust site here at Castle Espie. Have a happy sunny weekend ππββοΈ
Lovely picture and verse – summer is really here!
Thank you, Meg, for your comments. Enjoy your summer tooππββοΈ
Have a lovely day…π€π€β€οΈπ
Thank you πππββοΈ
You too..
The photo and the verses complement each other.
Thank you for visiting my blog and for commenting πββοΈ
Very nice photo
Thank you πββοΈ
Enjoy your summer, aloha π€π
Thank you for your lovely comment πββοΈ
Β‘Precioso Ashley! QuΓ© todos los dΓas sean asΓ. Un cordial saludo.
Dear Barbara, thank you for your lovely comment. You have sent us some of your hot dry weather as we bask in 30C today! Un abrazo para ti ππ€πββοΈ
Oh, Ashley…..what a beautiful summer photo! It is full of mood and atmosphere. As I look at it, I have the feeling of walking over the hill on this path and breathing in the scent of the grass and the sun. Ashley, your poem is so beautiful. You have found just the right words to put this special day in a poem and write with the ink of your heart.
Yes, I love our precious, unique, blue planet so much!
Enjoy your summer, Ashley…βοΈβοΈ
Rosie
Dear Rosie, thank you for your wonderful comments π€. You have understood perfectly what I was trying to say in my verse! I try to write only what is relevant to the current season, so only summer verses in summer, which according to the old calendar ends on the 31st July! π’. Again, thank you for your encouraging words. πππββοΈ
Ashley, I didn’t know there was an old calendar that said July 31st was the end of summer. August is usually the hottest month of the year for us. We have just had catastrophic rain that has flooded many areas and killed over 150 people. fortunately we live on a hill, so everything is okay with us. But a friend of ours who lives in Erftstadt had to be rescued from the roof and his house was swept away with the floods.
I do hope your friend is safe! The climate is all over the place! We had the hottest day ever recorded here yesterday at 30c and it’s still too hot to even sit outside.
The old calendar I refer to is the Celtic Wheel of the Year and the end of July is Lammas (Lughnasadh). Stay safe πββοΈ
Thank you, Ashley. Yes, our fried George is well, but is traumatized. There is so much to clean up, repair and rebuild – roads, bridges, highways, houses …
Ashley, I wish you all the best!
Lovely words and photo.
Thank you Bernadette for visiting my blog and for your comment! ππββοΈ
I wonder where that path leads…into the unknown…what an adventure
Thank you Samantha for visiting my blog ππββοΈ