We brought a rug for sitting on
Our lunch was in a box
The sand was warm. We didn’t wear
Hats or shoes or socks.
Waves came curling up the beach
We waded, it was fun.
Our sandwiches were different kinds.
I dropped my jelly one.
~ The Picnic, by Dorothy Aldis
Hot July brings cooling showers,
Apricots and gillyflowers…
~ A Calendar, by Sara Coleridge
This time last year found us summering in our beachy home,
soaking up sand and sun most days of the week.
Summer in the mountains brings hikes instead of wave-jumping,
kabob grilling instead of sandy In-N-Out burgers.
It’s cool, green grass under our feet instead of warm, golden sand in our toes.
Bright blue above us instead of emerald oceans before us.
New spot on the planet. New activities to fill our days. New colors to brighten our world.
What are the colors of your summer?
Love the poetry. Love the pictures. Love you.
(And methinks those poems sound familiar… Eloise Wilkin’s collection?)
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My July brings bright colors of blue,red and white. The whole month reminds me of the 4th. Even though we don’t have fireworks every night or even cookouts but somehow in the air at night, or hot mornings brings me back to the flag hanging in our yard.
I have favored the month of July my whole life because on the 28th of this month is my birthday. So this year as we gear up for my brother’s first birthday in two weeks I mentally shake my head that we will be celbrating my 23rd birthday in 2 days.
Time flies by.It really does. I just love these summer days! And I just love those heart melting pictures!
Ginger~
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Our July is green and gray… endless gray, it seems. Has the sun peeked out this month? I really can’t remember… I guess a few times. Soggy and wet, we’ve been couped up for about a week now…
It is the rainy season and the beginning of the end of our summer.
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sheer beauty, friend!!
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Gorgeous pictures …
My summer started out bright – bright golden sunshine and bright blue skies. Now … ? Grey! :) But from the kitchen window I can see flowers of all colours – pink, purple and yellow. Lovely!
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Love the poetry and the pictures are lovely. You have two little men? I have four sons — you have to come over and visit!
I love your blog!
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Gorgeous! Our summers are hot and humidly bright green this year. We’re loving it.
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Test comment. You have my permission to delete. ;)
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it’s official. i am jealous. i want to go on an adventure picnic like that!!!!
suprisingly summer is a bit fickle this year in my neck of the woods…it has been overcast in the mornings and finally the sun shines through…
but it is beautiful, nonetheless. Makes me what to savor the Son…
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This took my breath away. (And maybe felt a little like a sign. Sunday night, I started seriously thinking about moving to Colorado. And then I opened my reader Monday morning and saw this.)
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Green, very green here! :) Flowers in abundance, tall pine trees, vegetable garden… hot summer sun (well, in the 90′s most days)
Laundry on the line…
Sprinklers running almost constantly…
A stray cloud in the blue blue sky…
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