{"id":855,"date":"2011-08-26T08:54:53","date_gmt":"2011-08-26T15:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lisathorpeartist.wordpress.com\/?p=855"},"modified":"2011-08-26T08:54:53","modified_gmt":"2011-08-26T15:54:53","slug":"ode-to-late-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisathorpe.com\/index.php\/2011\/08\/26\/ode-to-late-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Ode to Late Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lisathorpeartist.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/08\/39b-ode-to-late-summer.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-857\" title=\"39b.ode to late summer\" src=\"http:\/\/lisathorpeartist.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/08\/39b-ode-to-late-summer.jpg?resize=432%2C576\" alt=\"\" width=\"432\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a>The long light of the late August evening is shortening, my post dinner dog walk was a wee bit darker, the colors of the sunset more muted, peach turned to purple, as I stood upon the hill over looking the valley, fog that drags up the river each evening had stretched her arms closer than she had the night before leaving me wishing for a sweater.\u00a0 The days are hot still, giving color to the tomatoes in the yard but for the most part it has been a very mild summer here at The Bishop\u2019s Ranch.\u00a0 My husband and I have had to declare the corn that we planted (a bit late I\u2019ll admit)\u201cdecorative\u201d since they have not manage to grow taller than 4 feet and at this point just add to the late summer ambiance of our yard.<\/p>\n<p>Last week I was trying to hold on to just a bit of the lazy days of summer but there is no turning back this late summer tide, the bustle of the harvest is all around me and I must dive in.\u00a0 Here in Northern California, school starts early, and my son along with all the rest of the counties children tromped of to school a week and a half ago.\u00a0 The local apple festival was a few weeks back and the trees are bursting 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