Ocupation: Author
Life: b. 1902
August is ripening grain in the fields blowing hot and sunny, the scent of tree-ripened peaches, of hot buttered sweet corn on the cob. Vivid dahlias fling huge tousled blossoms through gardens and joe-pye-weed dusts the meadow purple.
source: Jean Hersey (1967). “The Shape of a Year”
topic: Weed, Sweet, Garden, Ripening, Sweet Corn, Dahlias, Corn On The Cob