Summertime a time filled with lazy, colorful days. A season abound with beauty, wild flowers, rainbows, lightning lit skies. A time of chasing dragon flies, butterflies, and lightning bugs. The time of year for picking berries, flowers, and searching for seashells in the sandy surf. Lemonade stands erected by children, pools filled with laughter and splashing, yards littered with outside toys. Marshmallows on sticks over open fires, ice cream cones dripping faster than they can be eaten, dandelions, and the quiet buzz of bees. Summertime!
Summertime brings peaceful rest to the generally hectic life of the rest of the year. The days are longer, the sunsets prettier, and somehow we find this time of year a time to refresh. We notice the fluffiness of the clouds and suddenly we see the shapes in them. We hear the crickets, the croaking of frogs, and yet we miss the sound of the mosquitoes until they land on us. Life is no less hectic, no less stressful we just think it is because summer does that for us.
Summertime is magical!
Tadpoles to frogs, caterpillars to butterflies and the again caterpillars.
Rainbows fill the summertime skies after the rains more vibrantly colorful than those of other seasons. We remember the fable of our youth about the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow and we pass that on to the generations following us.
Summertime wardrobes are simple, pajamas and bathing suits. Flip flops and bare feet. And ponytails!Sun bleached hair and sunburned skin. The season scent is Hawaiian Tropic or Coppertone, with some aloe and baby oil scents as well, and we can't forget the vinegar for those sunburns we always end up with.
Summer begins and it seems like it will last an eternity, then all of a sudden one night we discover it is dark before 9. When did that happen we wonder? The days start to get shorter, back to school sales sneak up and before we know it summer is coming to an end, much more abruptly than it began.
And as suddenly as summer arrived, it is gone. Lazy, carefree summer days quickly become the busy days of autumn , bringing with it the new school year. Quickly reminding us how our lives are fast forwarding towards shorter days, longer nights, and we discover yet again, the seasons stretch from one to the next.
