Summer.

That fleetingly short season where we try to drink in as much of the sun and live it up as much as is humanly possible - 'cause Lord knows, the snow she be a comin' - in just a few short months....

:: (Our version of "catch and release"...catch --- and release into our tummies!)


So, for these next few weeks, we are up with the sun, and we're down way past bedtime.

We're trying to mix the fun with the play -
:: Fishing alongside of the woodsplitting.
:: Picking and selling berries along with the stopping for icecream on the way home.
:: Weeding alongside enjoying the garden's produce.


Bike rides and slip'n'slides.

In some ways, the rhythm and pace of life becomes more hectic and busy, yet in other ways - there's that easy flow that just comes with the sun and summer.

The garden is growing gangbusters.
We can't stay ahead of the mowing.
The laundry is exploding because of little boys' love affairs with all things dirty.

But, then there's Anniversary's to be celebrated!
(Below: Bar Harbor at nighttime).

And, there's family camping trips to look forward to.
Friends from away, coming through for visits on the way to their vacations.
Always...Al-Ways...critters to be caught.

Explorations to be had.

And simple joys to be found.

Yes. Summer is to be savored here in Maine.
The season, she be short.
But while she's here, we love her.

And we are savoring....

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1573. Hot summer sun!
1574. Garden growing.
1575. Sun kissed skin.
1576. Strawberries selling.
1580. Childhood besty and kids - here for the day.
1581. Changes that Heal.
1582. 12 years of marriage!
1583. Hot date in Bar Harbor.
1584. Katie and Grammy babysitting for us.
1585. Bike rides and frogging.
1586. Back yard explosion of summer toys and days' remnants.
1587. Anticipation of family vacation.
1588. Evening boatrides.
1589. Letting the house be and going outside with the kids.
1590. Simple summer pleasures.