Winter Garden Dreaming - Missoula, Montana

A brisk 2 degrees F driving to work this morning, and even colder with windchill...some southern somebody pretty please enjoy some sunshine for me!

“Anyone who thinks that gardening begins in the Spring and ends in the Fall is missing the best part of the whole year; for gardening begins in January with the dream.”

 - Josephine Nuese

Summertime Morning - Missoula, Montana

...& the living is easy!

(Especially when there is thank-you pie for breakfast!)

Gotta say that one of my chief summer delights is morning coffee on the porch. It's hard to replicate in the winter - indoors on a freezing day has its own cozy charm, but just doesn't evoke the same  languid warmth and serendipitous neighbourly chitchat - so I indulge on as many warm weekend mornings as possible. Kind of my own sweatless take on that timeless admonition to "make hay while the sun shines".

Anybody out there have a semi-guilty (G-rated, please) summer indulgence to share? 

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Kitty Bistro, Missoula, Montana

Note To Self: Don’t argue with this Stripy Cat about his right to save seats or lay where he will. Beneath that urban kitty fur beats the heart of a Siberian tiger - he moves swiftly and will show his teeth when annoyed. 
Plus, he has thumbs - albeit comparatively small and furry, but still adding powerful thumbs-up to his swat.