We woke to a misty morning, something we are learning is very common for us here in what I affectionately call "the Shire." We live at the top of a hill, and if it is raining, or humid with a high dewpoint, we are often shrouded in fog. And while it is beautiful, and I fancy myself living in the middle of a Thomas Hardy novel as the mist envelops us, it is definitely the downside of hilltop living.
But these pretties don't mind it:
...and it makes for some extremely productive days at the office:
After all, it's quite something for this high mountain desert rat to adapt to this rainy climate so reminiscent of the settings I have loved so well in my beloved Victorian British novels. But when I consider that it is the steadfast yearning for such bucolic landscapes that has helped draw me here in the first place, I'm pretty sure I'm up to the challenge.
Absolutely beautiful & tranquil pictures! Thank you for sharing a little part of your world up on the hill :)
Posted by: Darline W. | June 13, 2011 at 10:31 PM
I lived in Scotland for four years and we lived at the base of a mountain, but alas the mist was there every morn. Some days when the mist would clear, the sun would come out and the countryside was so beautiful. Again when I moved to Colorado, I had the same experiece. It is the most wonderful thing, I felt like I could reach out and touch the face of God. You will grow to love that you're at the top!
Posted by: Sylvia Nelson | June 13, 2011 at 11:43 PM
Don't you just love lobelia? And all the other plants one can grow here? We're moving to a hilltop too! Not so much fog though!
Posted by: Debstamps | June 16, 2011 at 09:28 AM
Such beauty right outside your windows, Cath! I LOVE the flowers and shrubs in New England...so different(yet also beautiful :)
from the 'tropical' flowers outside my home in FL.
Posted by: Helen F. | June 19, 2011 at 07:48 AM