Oh, Summer… there’s nothing I don’t love about you…
Except maybe the bugs…
(ick… sorry! but he was hangin’ out on my screen door and I was too scared to swat him off… so I did the more reasonable thing and took a picture instead 😯)
And the fact that it’s still bright outside when I’m trying to fall asleep at my 10 o’clock bedtime…
(You don’t need to tell me how cool I am. I already know 😉)
But for everything else, Summer, you’re pretty darn fantastic.
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I hope you guys all enjoyed a wonderful first day of summer 😀 After about a week and a half of rain, the sun finally decided to make an appearance to welcome in the new season, and it. was. glorious.
And then the clouds rolled in.
And now it looks like rain…
But! after scarfing down a mid-morning muffie:
(which makes for excellent pre-workout fuel, btw 😉)
… and knocking out a fabulous-feeling 4 miles (9:53 pace)…
… I spent most of the morning/afternoon doing this:
… so I think I’m good on the vitamin D for a little while 😀 But I still hope the sun sticks around…
Summer isn’t my favorite season (Fall is), but there are still tonnes of things I love about it.
Things like…
Summer beauty…
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Summer scents…
Lilacs are probably one of my favorite smelling flowers…
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Summer berries…
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[Vanilla] Ice cream…
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Satisfying smoothies…
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Chugging back a cold one…
… minus the floating culture mass 😯 Nasty…
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Eating outside…
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And perhaps most of all…
Spending carefree summer nights with friends…
… even though I will probably still be home before 11 😉
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How was your first day of summer? Lazy and carefree… just like summer should be 😀
What’s your ideal vacation spot? Australia and Italy top my list, but I adore road trips.
Favorite summer recipe/eats? I need some inspiration!
Ah, I love Lilacs! I used to have them right infront of my kitchen window in my last apartment. I really loved that!
I have been to both Italy and Australia. Allthough Australia is much more exotic (to me, since it is SO fare away), I think I like Italiy even better! The people, food and culture is just wonderful!
Ive been to Belize, in the Caribbean, and I loved that place! I would really like to visit more places in the Caribbean, and also other countries in Latin America!
I looove summertime!!!!!
Gazpacho is a fav summer soup of mine…..so simple and full of veggie goodness!!!! I also love quick no bake pies like a lemon one that I have on my blog!!! Delicious! 😀
Summer berries are one of my favorite things ever!
My grandparents have a blueberry bush (they live right next door)! They are soooo close to being ready to eat! Nomnomnom!
What a beautiful sky! That’s what ours looks like right now, too. South Carolina is pretty consistant with its weather. HOT from April until November, with a thunderstorm every night! I remember when it first got warm, I would go outside for hours and just bask in the sunlight. I still do that when I’m drinking a shake; I get too cold inside! Summer has become my favorite season. It used to be fall… because of the beautiful leaves and crisp mornings and the reappearance of pumpkin on the grocery store shelves… but now I just hate the cold so freakin’ much that its kinda bittersweet.
The best vacation spot I’ve ever been to is the Smoky Mountains–gorgeous!
Ohh, summer. Unfortunately I have to spend many beautiful days sitting in a cold, sterile cubicle (as I am right now…naughty me, reading blogs at work), but nothing beats warm weather and sunshine. I do love winter (I think Wisconsin has made me accostumed to it), but summer wins, hands-down 😀
Mine was definately not lazy! It was prom and I danced allllll night till 6am :p
The flowers pictures are very beautiful, is it from your garden?
Indeed they are. Well… from Mom’s garden. I don’t really have a way with plants 😆