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?
