Harvest

August is my favorite time of year at home. The gardens are in full bloom; swaths of silky petals flaunt their vibrant textures to the midsummer sun. The vegetables hang ripe and swollen on their veins, craving harvest. The heat has all but dissipated, and we enjoy dinners on our patio, sampling the succulent delicacies that hail from steps away, graced by the delicate scents of floral nectar, as the setting sun paints the sky a deep azalea.