Early morning bird chatter
Grilled chicken all the time
Walking barefoot
Tomato sandwiches
A sea breeze saving an afternoon
Hanger having two meanings: hungry and angry& hot and angry
Woodsmoke on the wind on cool nights
Shore traffic
Shedding dogs / Panting dogs
Peaches, plums, watermelon, cantaloupe
Fucking fireworks
Eau de city: hot pee and hot trash
Flowers in bloom
Throwing on a dress and going
Thrum of cicadas
Soft serve ice cream
Saying fuck it a lot more
Farmstands
Losing track of time
Graduations and the feeling of in between that follows you even into adulthood
Skies on fire morning and night
Many hours on the beach
Open windows
Huge hair that humidity has turned into a planet with plenty of Uncle Larrys curling around it in the swampy steam
Lawnmower chorus producing a freshly mowed neighborhood cologne
Clicks of roller coasters and excited screams
Bike rides
Flags waving
Bug spray
The scent of Coppertone riding the back of seaspray
Sand everywhere
Reading outside
What is summer to you?
Oh the bugs, heat and humidity - bring it summer! xo, Biana -BlovedBoston
ReplyDeleteEau De City hahahahahaha. I love the carefree days of summer and throwing on a dress and going. But man I hate the bugs and humidity. Our bugs never really went away from last year because it never got cold here this winter so that should be fun!
ReplyDeleteThe best. I love everything about this and summer. Except maybe the humidity and shore traffic.
ReplyDeletePool hair. Healing ocean oasis ❣️ Lots of neutrogena sunblock. Summer nights and mornings. Bug zapper. Ugh on the dreaded fireworks. Camp Mommom. Lots of dog brushing. Ice cream. Wet nuts. Caramel and hot fudge ! Salty pretzels. Sun hats. Glitter spray. Friday concerts at the vineyard. Now through most of October weather. Thanks to the universe ❣️😇 Hot fun in the summer time. I need to make play lists. Love. Your. Momma. Happy summer solstice 🌞
ReplyDeleteSummer is the only season that I like most because not only I am able to have awesome fruits, but I become able to enjoy the long holidays in my university life.
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Eau de city... I'm still cracking up, but I know exactly the smell you are referencing!
ReplyDeleteSummer to me is... simplicity, no alarm clocks, no commuting, waking after the sun has risen, time out on the deck, time in WV, not being called "Mrs. Blankenship," "Mrs. B.", or "speech teacher..." LOL!
HAHA, I hate fireworks too. For me summer is the scent of sunscreen, bug spray (and subsequently just feeling generally sticky), packing coolers, sun dried beach towels, ruined pedicures (!!), freckles upon freckles, fresh flowers, American flags, hats, humidity, natural texture hair, rain storms, hammock reading, pool floating and tank tops!
ReplyDeleteI love the hangry one because it's so true! I find myself getting hangry a lot lately since it's SO HOT outside in Texas!
ReplyDeleteYes to it all! I can't help but love it, the good and the bad.
ReplyDeleteThe feeling of sea salt on your skin after you've spent the day on the beach. I love that feeling.
ReplyDeleteHA hot pee. The worst. The subways are so bad. There's always one day (a few weeks ago) a year before the heat starts that they literally just douse everything in bleach. You can smell it. I love that day. Pretty sure they use a hose and pure bleach, and I'm fine with that.
ReplyDeleteHangry is real. The hot and angry part. I hate being hot.
Summer is here and I love it and I love this post!
ReplyDeleteI love love a cool breeze on a hot summer day!! It's the best. I love all the sunshine but I totally hate the heat and humidity and so doesn't my hair.
ReplyDeleteWe were on our back patio last night and every time we touched a dog it was like a hair-sandstorm. Ridiculous. Also, we hate fireworks in our house, too =/ We used to love them, then we got Lylee...
ReplyDeleteWe haven't had grilled chicken yet but that sounds delightful! How do you make tomato sandwiches? Tomatoes and mayo?
Yes to all of this! Now I'm totally craving a tomato sandwich! Nothing is easier than throwing on a dress and just going :-D
ReplyDeleteReading outside & being barefoot - my life ALL of summer.
ReplyDeleteLOVE this. I smelled freshly cut grass this morning and loved it. For me summer is later bedtimes, rolling around in the grass, watching out for ticks & mosquitoes, easier reads on the deck, and birkenstocks :)
ReplyDeleteI wish I only had bugs in the summer! Flip flops, burnt shoulders, rose', summer reading even as an adult and beach time. What a great time of year!
ReplyDeleteThe bugs are the worst. My latest Amazon Purchase is all sorts of bug killers and zappers. Actually K got a bug zapper tennis racket thing as my anniversary gift to him. HA!
ReplyDeleteHappy summer! I love all those things - even the negative ones :)
ReplyDeleteSo glad summer is officially here! You definitely captured it so well in all of these photos!
ReplyDeleteI just tweeted my old "Summer Means" post because now that summer is here, I'm about ALL THE SUMMER THINGS. Well, minus the bugs, sunburns, traffic and swamp ass.
ReplyDeleteSummer is stress.
ReplyDeleteAnd stalking you at the shore. From the digital world, of course.