Jennifer Michie

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September 1, 2026 / 0 Comments

HELLO, September

Hello, September. You brought a deliciously crisp morning with your arrival today. The past few dawns have been cooler, but then the day heats up quickly and cools back off again after sunset. We’re moving into what my Grandmother would call “Indian Summer”. 

The light has changed, it’s a little paler, a little more buttery, a little more ivory. It feels different on your skin. It’s casting different shadows. 

We’re ready for this change of season, but I don’t think Lady Summer is quite ready to loosen her fingers. We’re not quite ready for school to start again, we’ve been too busy playing chess, watching old movies, cooking together and laying under the breeze of the fan, listening to an album while outside the heatwave pressed on. 

We’re ready to taste the last dregs from the goblet of summer on our tongues, to quench our thirst for her before she returns next year. We’re ready for this adventure we’re in to continue to unfold before us. We’re still finding our footing, but we’ve made great strides. 

Welcome, September. We can’t wait to see all that you have waiting for us. 

{“Yellow Kitchen” | Elisabeth Dorrian | Pinned HERE}

August 1, 2026 / 0 Comments

HELLO, August

Hello, August! We’ve walked away from July and into your arms on a high and we’re having way too much fun already.

We’re ready to continue going on ice cream dates and long strolls through the parks. We’re ready for evening walks, checking in on our ever growing brood of cygnets.

We’re ready for PB&J sandwiches and salty potato chips for lunch while we watch an old episode of “Bewitched” or “The Mary Tyler Moore Show”. We’re ready for afternoon movie dates with popcorn. We’re ready for lazy afternoons on the balcony perfecting our chess game or playing cards while records spin from inside.

We’re ready for cold iced tea and crackers smeared with pimento cheese as a late afternoon snack while we slowly start work on dinner. We’re ready for date nights with Mr. Michie’s glorious cheeseburgers, with thick slices of heirloom tomatoes and fresh corn on the cob oozing with butter.

You’ve already started our month with sunshine and a cool breeze, you know our heart’s desires and all that we are ready for you to bring us this month before school starts again in the fall.

Hello, August! Our cup runneth over!

{French cinema icon ⁠Brigitte Bardot relaxing outdoors in a color-blocked tank top and a shell-adorned straw hat playing cards. | 1960s | Pinned HERE}

July 1, 2026 / 0 Comments

HELLO, July

Hello, July! You come on the downward rollercoaster spiral of a serious heatwave we’ve had here in Merry Ol’ England and it looks like you shall be bringing some warm weather with you as well.

We’re ready for the BIG 250th Anniversary Fourth of July celebrations we’re going to have this year, we’re ready for school to now start to officially wind down for the summer, although, there is still lots to do. We’re ready for our annual Christmas in July party and all the fun that brings.

We’re ready to have mixed fruit cobblers for dinner with heaping scoops of vanilla ice cream in this warmer weather. We’re ready for long walks in shady spots, drinking in the breeze along the water.

We’re ready for weekend afternoon board games on the balcony with good snacks and frosty drinks. We’re ready for evenings spent on the glider, moving back and forth while watching the moon rise and listening to the birds sing their evening song.

We’re ready for the adventures that we have planned and for the adventures that we don’t know are waiting for us to discover them. Welcome, July! We are ready to greet YOU with arms open WIDE!

{“Watermelon Slice on the Beach” | Tatsuro Kiuchi | Pinned HERE}

June 1, 2026 / 0 Comments

HELLO, June

Hello, June. You’ve come whispering in on the heel’s of the full “Flower Moon” and a Blue Moon to boot, which feels auspicious. May was a dream that ended with a trip to the most magical of circuses and playing in the balcony garden and we’re ready for all the magic that you bring; the early morning balcony coffee dates, the late night balcony dates, sitting by the glow of the twinkle lights, music drifting through the screened door, listening to the water trickle from the fountain and smelling the heady scent of tea roses perfuming the air around us.

We’re ready for you to bring us closer into summer and the promise of shortcakes for dinner, loaded with luscious layers of vanilla whipped cream and perfectly ripe strawberries. We’re ready for riverside picnics and long strolls through the nature reserve.

We’re ready for late Friday night movie nights watching 80s classics on the projector. We’re ready for sweet tea and pimento cheese sandwiches with salty potato chips. We’re ready to stay up late working on a puzzle or a game of scrabble, or pick-up our ever continuing game of UNO.

We’re ready for this pace you bring as we seem to be picking up speed before the school year comes to a close next month and the rush to get all things accomplished. We’re ready to keep dancing, to keep enjoying life and finding JOY in all the little things as we move closer into these hazy, lazy days of summer.

{Girls by the Water | Guillermo Arias | Pinned HERE}

August 1, 2025 / 0 Comments

HELLO, August

Hello, August. We’re ready to stretch out under ceiling fans while we read our books. We’re ready to watch old episodes of “Bewitched” and “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” while we eat PB&J sandwiches on fresh bread with salty potato chips for summertime lunches. 

We’re ready to eat our weight in popcorn watching summer classics projected onto our big screen. We’re ready to spend all day at the beach and come home to hot dogs and fresh steamed ears of corn dripping with butter. 

We’re ready for early morning walks and hot coffee on the beach. We’re ready for homemade strawberry shortcakes for lunch when the strawberries are still warm from the sun and they sit nestled on a pillow of whipped cream. 

We’re ready for the lazy, hazy, days of summer to blend into one another, where nothing and everything happens. 

Welcome, August! We’re ready for all the summer magic that you hold. 

{Toy Sailboat Collection FOUND | Pinned HERE}

July 1, 2025 / 0 Comments

HELLO, July

Hello, July! You’ve marched in hand in hand with the ongoing heat wave. Which we’re taking in our stride with lots of ice water and ice cream sandwiches on standby. We’re ready for the blessed event that you herald in near the end of the month, when you’ll utter those four magic words: SCHOOL’S OUT FOR SUMMER! 

We’re ready for banana splits for dinner on hot summer nights. We’re ready to stay up late watching old movies with our projector. We’re ready for early morning walks when the air is still and the world is still asleep. 

We’re ready for our annual Fourth of July celebrations; our table is already decked out in red, white and blue for the occasion. 

We’re ready to celebrate “Christmas in July” with a gaggle of loved ones. We’re ready to keep beach music grooving long into the night while we dance and talk. 

We’re ready for those heady days of summer that you bring where the hot air is filled with the smell of honeysuckles and we revert somehow to childhood, where the possibilities of FUN are endless and the days seamlessly blend into one another. 

Welcome, July! We’re ready for all the magic that you hold for us! 

{Audrey Hepburn at “La Paisible“ in Tolochenaz, Switzerland | Photographed by Andrew Wald | 1967 | Pinned HERE}

June 1, 2025 / 0 Comments

HELLO, June

Hello, June. We’re ready for all the adventures you shall bring us this month, especially the one where we run away to the circus for the day. 

We’re ready for the days to continue to get warmer, the nights are already deliciously longer. We’re ready for the strawberries to begin to come into their full ruby red glory and we eat our weight in shortcakes with strawberries swimming in their vermillion juices and pillows of fresh vanilla whipped cream on top. 

We’re ready for more heirloom tomato sandwiches, May gave us a few bites of that glorious taste, but there is more to come. We’re ready for long walks that end up at the ice cream parlour.

We’re ready to keep dancing in the kitchen to a favourite “yacht rock” playlist, while we make dinner. We’re ready to watch some of our favourite summer movies with a huge bowl of popcorn between, sitting in the dark with the hum of the projector behind us. 

We’re ready for all that you bring. Welcome, June, we await you with arms spread wide. 

{1950s Kodachrome Bathing Beauty | Found HERE | Pinned HERE}

September 1, 2024 / 0 Comments

Hello, September

Hello, September. We’re ready for you to slowly guide Autumn in as she greets us with a crown of wheat and jewel coloured leaves. We’re ready to continue our pace of Summer, we’re not quite ready for tomorrow to bring us our first official back-to-school day. 

We’re still ready to relish in the late Summer bounty of heirloom tomatoes, fresh corn and yellow squash. We’re ready for slightly cooler days mixed with sunshine. We’re ready for the magic that the air holds as we make the transition into Autumn. Apples are already hanging heavy on boughs. 

We’re sad to wave goodbye to this Summer. It’s been full, it’s been fun, it’s been what we needed, but we feel we’re just truly hitting our stride and we’ll be sorry to head back into the hustle and bustle of a new school year. But all chapters must come to a close, so new chapters may begin. 

Welcome, September. We hope you hold all good things. 

August 29, 2024 / 0 Comments

Late Summer

It’s late August. The summer is coming to a close and yet I feel we’re just getting started. We’re hungry for more time together, more late nights, the endless rounds of UNO, staying up late to watch old movies. 

The rambling morning strolls. The unexpected afternoon run for an ice cream cone. The days bleeding into the next, the point where you’re so in the groove of being, you have to think what day of the week it is. 

Splitting PB&J sandwiches for lunch before we play another round of a card game or put a puzzle piece in. The simple act of being and letting stillness wash over us, calming and soothing. Like the feel of cool wash cloth gently wiped over your face when you’ve been sick. 

The hot days, the slightly cooler days. The tug-of-war that is slowly beginning with the seasons, will Summer or Autumn pull harder on their side first? The berries really coming in to their own and the luck of snatching a few off the bushes before the birds devour them all. 

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