I love the month of August. There are wildflowers carpeting the Downs, the first berries in the hedgerows, nettle seeds for harvesting and a variety of herbs blooming in the garden. The roses are in their second flush, there are birthdays and anniversaries to celebrate, friends to visit and an exquisite sense of fullness and completion that hangs ripe and heavy in the air, just on the tipping point of receding into the altogether different beauty of autumn.
Here are some of my highlights.
Wild flowers carpet the Downs
The last of this years strawberries.
The subtle beauty of chicory
Monarda fistulosa
Harvest of Monardas
Skullcap harvest
Teasel
Blooming echinacea
Calendula
Californian poppies
Plantain in flower
The very hungry caterpillars – I think cabbage whites
Sweet peas to scent the house
Whispering Earth 
Lucinda, your pictorial recap of the month of August is simply stunning! I enjoyed every bit of it. Thanks for sharing.
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Thank you Irma, so glad you enjoyed it!
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Magical images! Yes, thank you for sharing.
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Thanks Tina. (:
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simply wonderful as ever!thanks dear Lucinda!
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Thank you sweet Giovanna!
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L ovely
U ltra-talented
C ompassionate
I nspiring
N ature-loving
D elightful
A rtist
Thank you for sharing Beauty with us in so many delightful ways.
Blessings always,
Sri
P.S. Is it your Birthday this month by chance?
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Ahh Sri, your comment is so beautiful, thank you for touching my heart.
Yes it is my birthday in August! We had a lovely time visiting friends in Wales.
Love and blessing to you x
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very beautiful, has prompted me to do a similar post on my blog but with our spring just arriving ! check it out later if you like.
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I will go and have a look just now!
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Thankyou so so much for your beautiful photographs! And for a reminder how exciting the ‘tipping point’ is at this time of year.
Love xxx
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Yes, even though the summer is fading there is still much beauty to come. xx
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Fills my heart with joy. x
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I am so glad to hear it! xx
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Beautiful pictures Lucinda, I love the Sweet peas, they are so beautiful.
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Thanks Rita. The sweet peas smell so wonderful too don’t they! x
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Love all your photos dear one! those chicory stamens are so cheerful with their little curl at the top:) Hello little bee xxx Thank you for sharing this colorful, enticing, wonderful post, Lucinda. Love and hugs to you always
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So beautiful – I just love what you said here “an exquisite sense of fullness and completion that hangs ripe and heavy in the air, just on the tipping point of receding” – that is just perfect, you have captured the essence of these late ripe summer days. I have written it in my journal to remember that š
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A great recap. I particularly love the close up of the chicory and chicory + bee. Feeding bees and butterflies are just magical anyway.
Michael
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