If wars were won by feasting or victory by song

[sovay]

While downloading a bunch of pictures off my camera tonight, I found some photos taken a little over a week ago by derspatchel when we had to visit the health insurance office in the North End. We're across the street from Haymarket. That's part of the Greenway behind me, apparently the part with . . . lavender? I don't actually know what I'm standing in front of. I can tell you that I am desperately overheating because the mercury was in the high nineties that afternoon and felt like a hundred-plus. I drank a lot of switchel from the Boston Public Market on our way back. I still like the picture. That is vanishingly rare these days since I don't like my reflection, so I'm making a note of it.

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[umadoshi]

That's a great photo. ^_^

[sovay]

That's a great photo.

Thank you!

[thistleingrey]

Lovely photo!

Hmm, is it salvia/sage?

[sovay]

Lovely photo!

Thank you!

Hmm, is it salvia/sage?

That looks very possible! The plants behind me are a dustier purple than the examples on Wikipedia, but there's been a drought here. I should go back and see if the park has any posted information.

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

I like the picture too! In spite of the heat and the errands, you look happy.

Nine

[sovay]

I like the picture too! In spite of the heat and the errands, you look happy.

Thank you.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

It is a gorgeous picture! However much you don't enjoy images of yourself, you always were, and continue to be, beautiful--but what this picture captures is you seeming relaxed (even if it's just heat wilt!) and happy--and that's a true pleasure to see.

Now I must find out what switchel is. Wow, fascinating! The quote from Laura Ingalls Wilder's The Long Winter suggests that it's good for drinking on hot days in particular!

[sovay]

but what this picture captures is you seeming relaxed (even if it's just heat wilt!) and happy--and that's a true pleasure to see.

Thank you. I think that is a lot of the reason I like this one.

Now I must find out what switchel is. Wow, fascinating! The quote from Laura Ingalls Wilder's The Long Winter suggests that it's good for drinking on hot days in particular!

I can vouch that it is! It is refreshing without being cloying and I think it must have some of the same electrolyte hit as a sports drink. I didn't realize until quite recently that I've been ordering it from Mei Mei for about three years under the name of "Haymaker's Punch." So far I've found two companies that sell it around here, but rushthatspeaks tells me that it's not difficult to make the syrup and then just keep it in the refrigerator to dilute to drinking strength. Then I realized that switchel is basically American posca and now I really want to make it at home.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

You are a source of all good vinegary drinks, in my experience. You were also the one who mentioned the spicy cider vinegar.

[sovay]

You were also the one who mentioned the spicy cider vinegar.

I like cider vinegar a lot.

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

Oh, that is quite lovely, both you, your smile, and the garden full of blossoms!

[negothick.livejournal.com]

It's a magical image--the high plants and the path make the towers of Boston look like some fantastic dreaming city. . .and you seem to be saying "welcome to Elfland."

[sovay]

It's a magical image--the high plants and the path make the towers of Boston look like some fantastic dreaming city. . .and you seem to be saying "welcome to Elfland."

"That is the road to fair Boston . . ."

Thank you.

[sovay]

Oh, that is quite lovely, both you, your smile, and the garden full of blossoms!

Thank you!

[gwynnega]

It's a lovely picture!

[sovay]

It's a lovely picture!

Thank you!

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I think those might be lupins.

[sovay]

I think those might be lupins.

I was wondering about them as I was writing the post, but I always think of their flowers as being denser and brighter. I think I will have to go back and see if the park has documentation.