"Summer afternoon - summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language."~Henry James

This post is composed of photos that I took when we visited the weekend home of a former Jordanian congressman. His family treated us to mansaf, the Jordanian national dish, which is basically pieces of mutton atop rice that has been cooked in goat milk. The garden overlooks a stunning vista of craggy mountains and plunging valleys. It was a sweltering day, but a beautiful summer afternoon nonetheless.