By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills
Summer . . . We love every minute, every smell, every sound, every touch, every memory, and especially the tastes that only summer brings from watermelon to hotdogs. Close your eyes and dream of beaches, barbeques, picnics, family vacations, special fun with friends, back porches, lightning bugs, dreams of yesterday’s summers, and lots of lazy days.
This time of year, we embrace summer fun, and here are a few quotes to remind you June through August means drinking up the sunshine and enjoying the outside.
“If you’re not barefoot, then you’re overdressed.” –Unknown
“A life without love is like a year without summer.” –Unknown
“Spring being a tough act to follow, God created June.” –Al Bernstein
“Summertime, and the living is easy.” –Ella Fitzgerald
“Summer breeze makes me feel fine.” — Seals & Crofts, “Summer Breeze”
“The tans will fade but the memories will last forever.” –Unknown
“I can feel a sunshine stealing into my soul and making it all summer.” — Emily Dickinson
“Summertime and the living is easy.” — “Summertime,” George Gerhwin
“If you want a place in the sun, you’ve got to put up with a few blisters.” — Abigail Van Buren
“A lot of parents pack up their troubles and send them off to summer camp.” — Raymond Duncan
“My ideal summer day was reading on the porch.” — Harold E. Varmus
“Summer is a tapestry of golden threads woven in sunshine and sweet memories.” — DiAnn Mills
Your turn!
Be original. Be unique. Be brave.
Create your own summer quote and share it in the comments below.
TOP SEVEN SUMMER DISHES IN THE SOUTH:
*Barbecued everything, with baked beans and potato salad
*Deviled eggs
*Homegrown tomatoes, with cottage cheese
*Iced sweet tea
*Fresh watermelon, chilled
*Fresh peaches
*TOP CHOICE: Homemade ice cream, made with custard from scratch…well worth all the effort!
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LOL! Nancy, I’m ll over the deviled eggs, fresh peaches, and homemade ice cream! Thanks!
I have a shirt that reflects on of those quotes, “The tans will fade but the memories will last forever.” I love all the quotes because I love summer. It may get hot, but at least it’s not cold!
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Barbara, I agree with you 100%. Bring on the heat!
Oh, the stories summer could tell.
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Karen, remember the summer songs when we were teens? I still sting them. 🙂
I do. And Porgy and Bess was my first opera. We lived in St. Louis at the time and saw it in an outdoor venue. I was hooked from then on, especially with “Summertime”.
Summer is a trip to the beach for a week or two!
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Gail, let me get my bathing suit and sunscreen!
Summer is enjoying hand-cranked ice cream under the black walnut tree at your grandparents farm.
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Joyce, we had a black walnut tree. And I love hand-cranked ice cream. We could have a party.
Sitting on the front porch in the early morning, catching a breeze before the sun turns hot. Smelling sweet honeysuckle and the lemony fragrance from blooming magnolia blossoms. Reading as I rock and sip sweet iced tea. Ain’t nothin’ better!
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Martha, you are so right. Ain’t nothin’ better!
Summer is motorcycle riding with the wind blowing in my face.
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Elizabeth, great one! Thanks