Taken together. One in a little blue hand thrown pottery bowl and one in an antique porcelain blush pink tea cup. Alternate swallows. The perfect complement. I have this combination every night lately as I load our photographs. One must be very hot to know the extreme cold of the other. The sweetness raising the bitterness. Is there an irony here: to enjoy one we need a few dashes of the other. To understand sublime we must have seen despair. To find clarity in an image we sometimes turn to full blur and then focus back in from there. A little bit happy transforms to joy if we have seen a little bit of sad. To have our eyes opened to laughter we need to remember closing them in tears.
Hmm.
My big camera is still on the blink so the shots today of yesterday are all purse camera. I think I am appreciating my big clunker when using this little fully automatic camera that fits in my pocket.
Nothing changed here.
We had a good solid productive day doing just the usual things and not too much more. 
It was hot but not too hot. No rain. Queenie is not as fat as this image is suggesting. Just the little lens playing games with us. . 
The Shush Sisters broke ranks and ran off. Then ran back.
TonTon would like to show you his ball, it goes missing for days on end then reappears, retrieved with such pride. 
Mary’s Cat cannot bear it anymore. I can’t see you so you can’t see me!
Good morning. It is still dark so I cannot see what the weather is promising. It should be another dry day. Do NOT uncross those fingers yet.
There were issues with getting onto these pages yesterday. And many of you my readers and stalwart companions are not getting your notifications of my postings. I am concerned about that because if wordpress starts to let us down and you cannot find me then the work is meaningless. So I will have to design and create a DotCom blog in another space with reliable feeds and that is quite beyond my capabilities. I don’t even know the term for doing that. Or the process or the anything. And from what I gather as I have watched others it takes a lot of time and time is not something I can grow in my garden.
So we will have to think on it.
I am glad you were able to find me this morning. Have a lovely day.
celi
ps On this day a year ago.. some shots of Evanston farmers market and a badly behaved sheep!
The Kitchen's Garden 
87 responses to “Peach Ice Cream and Hot Black Tea”
I couldn’t find you yesterday – so I searched and found you. I couldn’t let you stay lost… 🙂
Thank you for finding me when i was lost!!! morning janet! c
Your automatic feed did not arrive at my email yesterday – well it arrived, but said it couldn’t find you however, typing in your web address brought me to the farm’s door. I would persevere as the other options are tricky.
Beautiful post! We just had our baby… July 29….our 3rd girl! Andrew is in trouble!! And I can completely relate to what you wrote about experiencing one thing so that you can fully enjoy the other (think the trials of labor and the resulting soft and sweet smelling newborn babe in your arms after it’s all done!) Thank you Celi. Hope you are having a wonderful day.
Good morning Cecilia 🙂
I totally agree on the need for contrast. Mum always said that you need the dark night to appreciate the light. If all you had is bright summy days they will become meaningless. I hope things will work out with wordpress. I have thought of changing to self hosting so many times but all the technicalities and terms scare me!
Queenie may look a bit round, but what lovely light in that photo. And I love the thought of you with your tea and ice cream. You know how to work, but it is also vital to know how to reward yourself!
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Internet problems are the worst my friend, I hope they are fixed up for you!!! And peach ice cream? Sounds heavenly at the end of a long day 🙂
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
I loved your opening paragraphs. I think you have very succinctly and beautifully stated why we don’t really want completely trouble-free lives. There is an interesting balance between tears and laughter and you have really so perfectly shared your thoughts. The photos are still wonderful, but I feel for you with your camera with the zoom! And I don’t know what happens, but you, and others, (as well as me), sometimes just don’t show up! Sometimes it takes me a day or two to realize that it’s off-kilter, but then I go to the site, “unfollow and then “follow” again…and we’re good to go for a long time! I personally think that platforms are being stretched by ever-increasing demand! 🙂 Debra
Your page wouldn’t open for me yesterday, either, but I didn’t have a problem today. I was able to go to the previous post from here and read it, so I’ve had my double dip of Celi and the farm today. The photos of Ton Ton and Mary’s Cat are priceless! I know just how Mary’s Cat feels some days.
I love peach ice cream or frozen yogurt with little bits of peaches inside 🙂
WP can play up at times. You are reaching Aotearoa loud and clear. The energy of the dog and his ball is fantastic.
Still receiving you loud and clearly! I think your concoction is one step behind in the evolution of peach flavoured ice tea. But possibly more fun. I love that cat and I’m glad TonTon found his ball. 🙂
Good evening Celi! May you soon be viewing the world turned clean and fresh by gentle rain through your big camera again. Fingers still crossed. Always love your reflections on life; and views of life on the farm (even when things don’t change much day to day – which is part of why we all love it and return day after day to you. It’s a lovely place to be.)
It is a glorious day when nothing needs fixing. That doesn’t happen often on a farm, does it? Never mind, Celi, when all is well on my wee plot-on-this-planet, I start on myself! 😀
I think I was hiding myself from some of the stuff that needed doing.. ah well, i won’t tell if you don’t! c
I follow you through my “most visited” link rather than an official follow. If I am using another computer the easiest way to find you is to google “the duke of kupa”, it brings me straight to your pages. All of us who know your penchant for unique names for your animals will never lose you.
I had no idea, The Duke of Kupa is on google! I love that! so clever you are! c