SUMMER 2012

" I question not if thrushes sing,
  If roses load the air;
  Beyond my heart I need not reach
  When all is summer there."

~ John Vance Cheney

Last week my good friend Karen
had a lovely post about summer
appreciation and ever since I read
it I have been thinking about
just what this summer really means
to me. I have been keeping a list
on the counter to jot down
things and I thought I would share
it with you...

~ Not watching the clock
~ The a/c running constantly
~ Melting into a puddle by 2:00
~Naps under the ceiling fan
~ Humidity making my hair kink
~ Ponytails
~Picking breakfast from the fig tree
or blueberry bushes after a long walk
~Swinging in the hammock reading
a magazine
~Sending in report cards and ordering
new school books
~Lightening bugs late at night
~Dragonflies everywhere, all day
~Anticipation of the Olympics
~Canning tomatoes
~Swimming in the Atlantic
~ Sand under my feet
~an old friend in my beach bag
~ Staying up too late
watch old movies
~Knitting on and off all day
[okay, that goes on year round]
~Cold dinners from the icebox
~Tending my herb bed as the
sun comes up
~Watermelon juice on my chin
~A horrid mosquito and tick year
~Sun tea in a mason jar
~tomato sandwiches with
homemade mayo
~the smell of freshly cut grass
mixing with honeysuckle
~Preparing my heart to say goodbye
~ What does this summer mean
to you?