Archive - The Daily Respite

Good morning! It’s Wednesday, and right on schedule, the daylilies have started to open. While not true lilies, they do live up to the other half of…

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Good morning! It’s Tuesday, and that was honeysuckle I smelled. These buds had the extremely good manners to open right before midnight so that June…

Jul 1 •

June 2025

Good morning! It’s Monday—and it’s June’s last day with us. She spend much of yesterday packing up her things. At midnight, she boards her celestial…

Jun 30 •

Good morning! It’s Sunday, and we’ve come down to the water for a re-set. How good it feels to sit on the sun-warmed stones and watch the waves inch…

Jun 29 •

Good morning! It’s Saturday. Yesterday afternoon, I was sitting on the porch thinking deep thoughts about nothing in particular when I noticed a long…

Jun 28 •

June 27 Get-Together: Rhymes

Hello, my dear Respiteers! Even in Respitopia, it’s been hotter than usual. But today, on this fine Friday afternoon, the air is fresh, with a gentle…

Jun 27 •

Good morning! It’s Friday. We’ve been admiring the beguiling beauty of flowers all week, from that voluptuous pink peony to the singular clematis to…

Jun 27 •

Good morning! It’s Thursday. And after seeing what I wrote about the clematis yesterday, my dogwood asked if she could make a suggestion.

Jun 26 •

Good morning! It’s Wednesday. And at the very height of yesterday’s heat, while the peonies floompfed and the strawflowers sagged and even the hearty…

Jun 25 •

Good morning! It’s Tuesday. And with so many of us under heat warnings, watches, and advisories today, I’ve made the executive decision to take us back…

Jun 24 •

Good morning! It’s Monday, and I’ve broken all my previous self-imposed rules and boldly cut the very first peony to bloom in the garden. It is also, if…

Jun 23 •

Good morning! It’s Sunday, and I’ve brought your favorite chair down to the shore. Here under the trees you can always rely on a breeze to keep you…

Jun 22 •

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