~ I love summer ~

If I am asked, I will actually say that my favorite season would be either spring or fall (it depends on the time of year).  But I can’t help but love summer.  There is just something about the “laissez les bon temps rouler” (“let the good times roll”) attitude of summer. 

I have started this summer with the good intentions of getting our home in good working order.  This large family needs some routine and simplification before we start a new school year. 

But I have been sidetracked!  Usually it is the garden but now it is the garden and this:

~ The Pool ~

~ And yes, they were eating watermelon while in the pool.  It’s summer and we let the good times roll!  :)~

With my thermometer all ready recording temperatures of 103 degrees, we spend a lot of time here looking for a reprieve from the heat.  I’m not complaining, mind you, but I sure could use a rainy day or two.  My garden and my messy house need the rain!  If it rained, then I would be forced to stay inside and clean.  Come rain, come…I have no power to resist the pull of the pool! 

The pool is not the only reason that I love summer so much.  Let’s look at tonight’s dinner, shall we… 

• potatoes & cucumbers – our garden
• fried okra – neighbor’s garden
• chicken – Wal-mart (ok, so not so special on that one)

What other time of year can you enjoy a whole meal that comes almost entirely from your or a friend’s garden?  I get such a thrill knowing that I have worked and toiled over this food.  And it’s a good kind of work that brings a unique satisfaction.  It is a work that I enjoy…most of the time. 

~Frying some yummy okra, mmmm, mmmm~

Did I mention that I also love that you can spend so much time outside in the evenings because of the late sunsets?  I love to be outside in the evening and listen to the insects singing their songs.  Tonight we headed out into the evening air with a special Farmer’s market treat.

~ Watermelon ~

 

 

And we swam a little more under the soft glow of the moon…

 

And I lay back in the grass and enjoyed the views because I’m a happy, contented, summer-loving momma.