#late august

[warmcupoflemontea]

[cpleblow]

wild black-eyed-susan

Hiking near home on the Dun Raven trail

August 2025

©cpleblow photography (2025)

[huariqueje]

Late August - Inka Essenhigh, 2012.

American, b.1969 -

Oil on canvas , 60 x 78 in. 152.4 x 198.1 cm.

[dabiconcordia]

Awakening I love this ordinary August afternoon, heavy breath of sub-tropical heat clinging to me like hot words of a lover, the beach empty of people, the sea, its luminous stillness. I love the way light spills from the sky and weaves between waves a shining cloth of white linen, and the sky itself, shapeless, abstract, big Frankenthaler brush strokes that one could get lost in. And the blue heron standing in a shell of silence, I love the way he partakes of sun's effusive outpouring in the great conch of the sea, waiting, listening without restlessness or change. On this late summer day, I love the transparent wings of dragonflies, who throw their blue green nets and fish " noseeums" from my glistening skin. And wind-up sanderlings that run a race with shirred tides, careen from water's puckered stitch as sea meets sand. I love the screech of gulls, their shrill cries that underscore the quiet. The sea's voice. I love that sound of abundance that bubbles and laughs like the effervescence in a glass of Moet Chandon. But most of all, I love this solitude the inclusion of myself in everything that matters. by Mary Jo Balistreri

[nieuwe-secession]

Late august or Urban landscape

[sweet-harmony]

…just a thought…

@sweet-harmony

[mrsdall0way]

Some days in late August at home are like this, the air thin and eager like this, with something in it sad and nostalgic and familiar.

William Faulkner, "The Sound and the Fury" (1929)

[witchsprompts]

♯ concepts — late august.

random things i associate with the end of summer.

1) half-unpacked suitcases

2) night temperatures dropping

3) the scent of wet asphalt

4) pre-thunderstorm swelter

5) the last swim of the summer

6) end-of-season fair

7) overripe fruit on the ground

8) the faint hum of cicadas

9) curtains flying in the breeze

10) fading sunburn

11) watermelon juice stains

12) shitty iced matcha latte

13) putting away sandals and slippers

14) storm clouds on the horizon

15) a stray moth in your room

16) cars passing by at 5 a.m.

17) popsicle-sticky fingers

18) wilting wildflowers

19) ordering pizza takeout

20) lingering mosquito bites

masterlist.