Thoughts of Summer

Ah .... the lazy days of summer are quickly approaching.

Daydreams of sitting on my deck sipping a Bloody Caesar ... my nose breathing in the scents of fresh mown grass, peony's, lilacs, barbeque's .... my ears picking up the subtle sounds of water running in the creek, the mallard ducks living there, children playing, lawnmowers, birds waking up at 4:30 in the morning .... getting up with the sun to enjoy the calm of the early morning.

As I sit drinking my protein smoothie this morning, I am looking out into the ravine behind my home and words that say summer come to mind, so let's see how many I can come up with to describe summer.

A - Activity, Al la carte

B - Barbeque, Braising, Bicycling, Beach, Bathing Suit

C - Clamdiggers, Cucumbers, Charcoal, Chaise Lounge

D - Deck, Dahlias, Daylilies

E - Eating, Echinacea

F - Flipflops, Fireflies

G - Gardening, Green

H - Häagen Daz ice cream bar, Hostas, Hibachi, Hiking, Hammock

I - Ice Cream , Ice cubes - 4 please

J - June, July, Junebugs

K - Kids swimming, skating, biking, catching minnows

L - Linen, Lawn

M - Melamine, Marinade

N - No snow, Niagara Falls

O - Outside

P - Patio Furniture, Poppies, Poplin

Q - Quiet mornings

R - Rays of sun, gentle summer Rain

S - Swimming, Sunburn, Seashells, Smores, Sandles, Solomon's Seal, Seersucker & Swiss Dot fabrics, Sangria, Sunflowers

T - Tan, Tube top, Tomatoes

U - Patio Umbrella, Under the awning

V - Vacation, Vanilla anything, fresh Vegetables, Venice, Veranda, Vinegarette

W - Water, Walking, Wicker, Wine Spritzer

X - Xerothermic - meaning "dry and hot"a good description of Canadian summers

Y - Yellow for the sunshine

Z - Zinnias