Favorite Summer Things

[Bakershalfdozen]

What are some of your favorite things about summer?



Some of mine are:

Swimming
Fireflies
Picnics
Fireworks
Gardens
Berry picking
Mimosa trees
Flowers
Corn on the cob
Watermelon
Ice cream

[JerryNumbers]

Watermelons & sunflowers, but it sure isn't my electric bill while I'm trying to stay cool.

My youngest grandson tried planting some watermelon seeds after having seen mine last year, didn't work out. Today I gave him 2 plants that I had started, he is thrilled. Hope he gets a watermelon.

[1Timothy115]

I would have to say it has turned out to be building a deck.

[John81]

singing birds

fireflies

more daylight

[holster]

sunlight... yes!... Nothing better than driving home after church on Wed and Sun and it's still daylight!

[CJP56]

Birds singing
cool breezes
swings
picnics
flowers
sunshine
fireflies CJP56

[pneu-engine]

Fireflies and cicadas
Picnics and cooking outside
Fireworks
Picking fresh veggies from the garden
Fruit growing and picking
Flowering trees, especially Mimosa.
Flower gardens in riotous color
The fragrance of freshly mowed hay drying in the sun
Fields full of wild flowers.
Corn on the cob
Watermelon and cantelope
Homemade ice cream

[John81]

Fireflies and cicadas
Picnics and cooking outside
Fireworks
Picking fresh veggies from the garden
Fruit growing and picking
Flowering trees, especially Mimosa.
Flower gardens in riotous color
The fragrance of freshly mowed hay drying in the sun
Fields full of wild flowers.
Corn on the cob
Watermelon and cantelope
Homemade ice cream

Good to "see" you again!

How could I forget cicadas! Lot's of folks find them annoying, or worse, but I love hearing them.

[Bakershalfdozen]

Good to "see" you again!

[CJP56]

I love cicadas too and I am always glad to hear them. I love to hear the katydids too, and the sweet trilling of toads. (Yes, toads sing.) CJP56

[John81]

I love cicadas too and I am always glad to hear them. I love to hear the katydids too, and the sweet trilling of toads. (Yes, toads sing.) CJP56

:amen:Love the katydids! I love being able to read with natural light so much more rather than by lamp too.

[JerryNumbers]

I can't understand what anyone loves about the sound of cicadas.

Long days are wonderful, but our days are already growing shorter. Seems impossible that the year 2009 is already half over. With each new year I'm reminded of what my grandmother told me when I was still quite young, when you get old the time will seem to fly by. She was much wiser than I gave her credit, and I was much dumber than I though.

[John81]

To me, cicadas sound like home and I find them soothing, relaxing and comforting. I know many people find them to be nothing but noisy and annoying.

No doubt, the older I get the faster time goes by. I look around and it seems it can't be July already and if I really think about it I'm wondering how it can be 2009 already!

This actually came up in Sunday school yesterday when we were discussing 2nd Peter and how the Lord is giving us time to come to him. Younger folks seem to be very impatient, wanting everything now, having little respect for their elders, and time for them seems so much different than older folks who see time flying by.

[elijahruth]

Digging in the dirt with my bare hands.
Watching my children play in the lake, climb trees and hunt for crawdads and worms.
Baby birds, chicks.
Natures sounds.
The sun shining through the leaves on the trees.
Watching things grow in a garden and anticipating the fall harvest.
Fireflies.
Cicadas.
Summer storms, being reminded of the power of God.
Stargazing on warm nights.
Cutting firewood for winter.
Building things.
Collecting berries and wildflowers and leaves to eat and press.

Most importantly, seeing God's glory all around me and waiting for His eminant return.

[Invicta]

Cherries
Asparagus, although the local asparagus is about over.
Blackbirds singing.
Lavender fields. Or field, actually, I know of only one and that's about 60 miles from here. Second thoughts there is a smaller one near it, a sort of community affair. For only