Summer Days Driftin' Away

Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass on a summer day listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is hardly a waste of time.
John Lubbock

What I Love About Summer...

The Smells...

• freshly cut grass
• flowers of all kinds
• coconut sunscreen
• the pool (gotta love that chlorine :)
• FRESH AIR!
• food cooking on a charcoal grill

The Sights

• kids riding bikes and out playing in their yard
• blue sky, green grass, puffy white clouds, flowers in every shade
• leaves on the trees -- no more bare branches!
• fireworks on the Fourth
• couples walking hand in hand

The Tastes

• chocolate peanut butter ice cream in a waffle cone
• cool drinks on a hot day: Vanilla Coke, Iced Tea, Lemonade
• Freeze Pops
• food on the grill: brats, hamburgers, steak, pineapple, shish kabobs, porkchops...I could go on :)
• a hot dog at the ball park

The Feel

• of cool grass on bare feet
• the warm sun on your skin
• a refreshing dive in the pool

The Sounds

• kids laughing
• birds chirping
• the splashing of water
• the wind whistling through the trees
• thunder
• rain on the roof when you're snuggled in bed

And more

• picnics in the park
• playing outdoor sports
• relaxing on the porch at night
• long walks and good talks
• bike rides
• sleeping with the windows open
• a nice tan (I know...shame on me! ;)
• wearing flip flops
• chasing fireflies

Summer is the time when one sheds one's tensions with one's clothes, and the right kind of day is jeweled balm for the battered spirit. A few of those days and you can become drunk with the belief that all's right with the world.
Ada Louise Huxtable

What's your favorite thing about summer?