Mid-August is somehow on the cusp – either of Autumn in Europe and some parts of the Americas or of Spring in the Antipodes. The equatorial tendency of course never quite differentiates.
So cherished versifiers, kindly be inspired to celebrate either the promise of summertime or its passing; both thoroughly deserving of your attention in the next two weeks after which you’ll be judged on the quality of your efforts.
https://charioteers.org/2013/07/25/summertime-the-august-poetry-challenge/
Pic by PS Krøyer, one of Denmark’s Golden Age painters who lived and worked in Skagen
Boadicea's Chariot 
Lovely picture, Janus!
Yes, the Skagen school is worth a look. Technically brilliant, full of feeling. Skagen itself is special too. For the light, naturally if painters like it, but also its position where two seas meet.