The sweet scent of summer...........

My sweet friends, how have you been? I just wanted to drop in and check on how you were...the last week just flew past in a hazy blur of appointments and chores. I have been taking it easy the last couple of days though as I needed to recuperate from a bout of allergies (which I had no idea I had!) It seems like forever since I blogged! When I sat in front of my computer today, I almost felt like I had forgotten blogging! (Not quite tho'--it's like learning to ride a bike, you never forget!) There have been so many changes these past few months, some monumental, some minor, that it's quite hard to know just where to pick up the conversation---"awkward pauses", anyone? Certainly a lot on my mind too...I was reading my posts from the past few weeks. They seem very "me-centric".....not what I've been aiming for, but it seems to be something I can't shake off that easily either, at least not just yet. Please bear with me? In the meantime I was catching up on my reading list...not an easy task! I have my reader configured to be a constant source of inspiration (read: I subscribe to too many blogs!!) and the list was overwhelming to say the least. I did manage to read all the posts in my backlog, but I haven't been able to comment on them...Please excuse me, I know you'll understand...

In other news, the rose vine in my backyard bloomed...a much-awaited event, it flowers for about ten days in the whole year, but it brings summer with it, wafting along with the sweetest-smelling white roses..... I like to clip a few sprays and place them throughout the home. Like I said, they don't last long, but there is a poetry about them, even when those delicate white petals start falling....

It appears like posting will continue to be erratic this week as well...I hope to catch up with you over the weekend, when I'll hopefully have some time on my hands. Till then, I'm going to leave you with this song from Shubha Mudgal, one of my all time favorites........

http://www.dhingana.com/

**Edited to add: To all of you who wrote in this past month and all of you who stopped by P&P to check up on me--thank you for your kindness....your sweet comments have left me overwhelmed to say the least. I'm well, as is our family....I've been traveling and we're also in the middle of a long-distance move and it has all kept me pretty busy. Sorry to have gone AWOL on you! :( I hope to be back soon (in fact I've been trying to write up a post for you for the past three days--hopefully I'll put in the finishing touches and have it up on the blog in a bit.......)Till then, Thank You...