The Good Ole Summertime . . .

• Pick a leaf off of a tree and study its structure
• If you're not already a photo-buff, buy a throw away camera and snap shots of random items
• Go lie in the grass and study the clouds in the daytime
• Sit on the porch in the evening and talk
• Make up a continuous story together
  

* Sit on a swing and lazily glide back and forth

• Watch the stars at night; count them; wish on the first one (nonsense that it is)
• Stroke a purring cat
• Play a game of fetch with Rover
• Rent a cabin and get away from it all
• Or . . . turn off all electronic devices and live simply
  

* Get an aquarium and sit for ten minutes watching your fish

• Dig in the dirt (plant a garden, or if that's too ambitious for you, try to plant ONE plant)
• Choose a good book and read one chapter every day
• Climb a tree, ride a bike, take an evening walk, skip a rope
  
• Get up before the sun rises
• Learn something new this summer
• Pick a new hobby
• Play hide and seek in the semi-darkness with your kids

* Play hopscotch

• Take a nighttime walk. Listen to the sounds
• Watch the sun come up
• Adopt a pet
• Lose weight
• Walk in the sand

• Visit the ocean and play in the surf
• Go to the mountains
• Walk in a cold water stream

* Look for a four-leaf clover

• Find an unusual rock (love rocks!)
• Write a poem, write your thoughts, write a story for your kids
• Contact an old friend
• Cook out
• Go camping even if it's just the back yard

• Volunteer
• Plant a theme flower garden--all white, or a scented one, or a night blooming one
• Invest in a hot tub
• Enlist the whole family in canning a bushel of tomatoes, or peaches, or something
  
• Wash your face in the dew of the morning

* Look for all the spider webs with early morning dew on them. They're easy to spot!

* Walk in the rain

• Love lots
• Walk down your street; wave and speak to everyone you see
• Plan a garden party
• Have a themed grill-out

AND . . . enjoy the summer. Autumn will soon be here.

Quote:
Line by line, moment by moment, special times are etched into our memories in the permanent ink of everlasting love in our relationships. --Gloria Gaither


Blessings