Monday 14 July 2014

enchanted garden

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It's summer! In Barcelona it's the coolest July for 22 years, which means the weather is actually pretty perfect. For Sant Joan, a night that usually involves fireworks, all night parties, and beach madness, I went to the country to a friend's parents' house, and engaged with fresh air, the earth below my feet, and watering their garden which contained everything from your usual vegetables to garlic and quince! Quince is one of those fruits that is quite well known here but I feel like a lot of English speakers like me only know it from "The Owl and the Pussycat."

On that note:
They dined on mince, and slices of quince,
Which they ate with a runcible spoon;
And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand,
They danced by the light of the moon,
The moon,
The moon,
They danced by the light of the moon.

Summer!

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Dress from Family Affairs, photos by Victor

6 comments:

Closet Fashionista said...

You always go to the coolest celebrations! And ooh, I've never heard of that poem, haha...but it's fun!
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Emily, Ruby Slipper Journeys said...

Ha, really? It was an essential part of my childhood!

rose japan said...

Emily, beautiful your hair.
Hugs rose jp

Dauphine Raisin said...

I don’t comment often but having discovered your blog not a month ago, I just felt like letting you know how much I’ve enjoyed perusing its archives. Have a nice summer : - )

ana said...

Beautiful landscape! looks like a dream! you look very pretty!

Annebeth said...

lovely photos! And yeah, quince is very well known over here in Belgium as well. Quince jam is quite lovely!