A Something in a Summer’s Day …

Blooming sunflowers to help attract the pollinators.
Saucer-sized sunflowers to help attract the pollinators.

A something in a summer’s Day
As slow her flambeaux burn away
Which solemnizes me. 

A green heirloom tomato staring up at the sun, craving its warmth.
Our well-upholstered heirloom tomatoes.

A something in a summer’s noon —
A depth — an Azure — a perfume —
Transcending ecstasy.

Birthing a new pineapple ...
Birthing a new pineapple … a colorful illustration of the fibonacci sequence.

And still within a summer’s night
A something so transporting bright
I clap my hands to see —

Our first crop of black tomatoes.
Indigo Rose tomatoes.

Then veil my too inspecting face
Lets such a subtle — shimmering grace
Flutter too far for me —

The flower of the scarlet runner bean.
The  ornamental flower of the Scarlet Runner Bean.

The wizard fingers never rest —
The purple brook within the breast
Still chafes it narrow bed —

Green Roma tomatoes soon to be ripe for our sauces.
Ripening Romas soon to be turned into tomato sauce.

Still rears the East her amber Flag —
Guides still the sun along the Crag
His Caravan of Red —

Edible borage flowers & a useful companion plant.
Edible borage flowers & a useful companion plant.

So looking on — the night — the morn
Conclude the wonder gay —
And I meet, coming thro’ the dews
Another summer’s Day!

Budding mulberries.
Budding mulberries disguising themselves as caterpillars.

 Written by Emily Dickinson (1830-1886).

Edible miniature violas.
Edible miniature violas.

Gratitude!

Peter Komanyana, our green-fingered garden manager.
Peter Komanyana, our green-fingered garden manager.

Annabel Hughes Aston is a writer and an award-winning chef in Livingstone, Zambia. She is the creator of "bush gourmet" cuisine.