Summer!
Today the trumpets sound and summer officially begins!
Simple seasonal pleasures I look forward to:
• The smell of freshly cut grass
• Raspberries, cherries, blueberries, rhubarb, and sweet corn
• Gurgling from the back yard waterfall
• Scents wafting from BBQ grills ... ours and the neighbors'
• Open windows at night, awaking to a slight morning chill
• Hummingbirds
• S'mores and weenies over the fire pit
• Covering with only a sheet at night
• Dinner parties, game nights, and margaritas on the patio
• Non-party dinners on the patio, just Jim and me ... and the girls, when they visit
• Hot air balloons floating over the house (although the part where they scare the cuss out of Lyla isn't so great)
• Root beer floats
• Sunny day BBQs with friends and family, our place or theirs
• Relaxing in our peaceful three-season porch ... which really can be enjoyed only one season — this season — in Colorado
• The sound of the ice cream truck rolling through the neighborhood (although it would be much more delightful if he updated his play list)
• Apples, peaches, plums, hollyhocks, geraniums, clematis, zinnias, roses, dianthus, day lillies, grape vines and the wild and crazy vine I've yet to identify, growing in the front yard and back. Plus others I try to get to grow in the front yard and back
• Rocking in my rocker on the deck, listening to the birds cheep and chirp and the wind chimes tinkle in the breeze
• Homemade ice cream, at least once
• Watering my flower buckets ... and the zucchini/pumpkin patch that will produce this time
• Our annual summer visit to the desert, this time to not only celebrate Bubby's birthday, but to meet his new baby brother Mac!
Today's question:
What simple pleasures of summer do you look forward to?