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summer is...
fresh picked red currants
sweetened by sunshine,
precious last ones saved
for granddaughters' picking pleasure
a record heat wave
sprinkler swirls sparkling water
to delight garden
and jumping children
a new roof
overheated workers
start early, quit early
nearly done
Marja-Leena | 31/07/2009 | 17 comments
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What a beautiful bowl for hand-picked currants in the summer! So tantalizing I almost didn't think of drinking an ale with them (the "overheated workers" line near the end of your poem got me thinking of a cool ale though). Happy weekend under your almost-finished new roof, Marja-Leena!
Posted by: rouchswalwe | 13:28 31 July 2009
Lovely photo and writing. the weather is weird everywhere. We've had the coolest July in 100 years and I'mnot looking forward to the return of the norm!! You folks are getting what we most often get. Sorry, but it's all yours if you want it!!
Posted by: Joan Rough | 13:45 31 July 2009
Oh, lovely bowl of red currants! I can almost taste them in my mouth. As for that record heat wave, well, we are getting your normally cooler weather down here in California!
Posted by: maria | 18:19 31 July 2009
Rouchswalwe, thanks, this is one of my favourite pieces of Finnish crystal. It's the start of a long weekend here, and the roofers are still planning to work.
Joan, no, I don't want this weather, thank you! It has zapped all my energy - physical, mental and creative. I don't know how people live in the tropics, their tolerance must be in their genes. I'm definitely northern stock.
Maria, I guess the northwest coast heat wave must have stopped at the California border. Wanna trade?
Posted by: marja-leena | 18:27 31 July 2009
I love currants! It's too hot for them here. My MIL had a set of bowls like the one in your picture, and I was too dumb to realize their value and gave them away.
Posted by: Hattie | 19:29 31 July 2009
Hattie, my favourite is the black currant, even the leaves have such a wonderful fragrance. My black currant bush never did as well as the red. These berry bushes do well in very cold climates. Everyone with a garden seemed to have them in Finland and even in Manitoba so I have some happy childhood memories of them. It's nice to pass that on to the grandkids.
Did you see the post I wrote about the Finnish designer of this glassware?
Posted by: marja-leena | 19:56 31 July 2009
not here it isnt! I've just had to shut the window over the computer area to stop the torrential rain blowing out our fuses...
Posted by: rosie | 02:19 01 August 2009
Rosie, really? sorry to hear that.
Posted by: marja-leena | 08:23 01 August 2009
That bowl of Finnish crystal looks like a bowl made of ice. A perfect receptical for the jewel-like currants.
Posted by: Joe Hyam | 04:27 02 August 2009
Joe, I'm glad you wrote that, my thoughts exactly!
Posted by: marja-leena | 13:04 02 August 2009
Oh, what a beautiful bowl of currants! The bowl looks cool like it's made of ice. :-)
Posted by: leslee | 18:12 02 August 2009
Leslee, thanks. A real ice bowl would be a treat in this heat!
Posted by: marja-leena | 21:00 02 August 2009
I discovered they're also quite good sun-dried. The last few on the bush were still edible before decaying, and were sweet and chewy. Just like dried cranberries. Yum!
Posted by: erika rathje | 21:15 02 August 2009
Hi Erika! Oh, I didn't know that! And there's not one dried one left on the bush for me to try out. Next year.
Posted by: marja-leena | 08:07 03 August 2009
Delicious!
Posted by: Lucy | 11:50 03 August 2009
Those red currants are so glossy and gorgeous! I like the contrast with the frosted glass, which looks so lovely and cold . . . even if the day wasn't.
Posted by: Bee | 12:29 06 August 2009
Bee, thanks!
Posted by: marja-leena | 13:30 06 August 2009