summer today

For some of us, summer today is bringing a long evening walk, vanilla ice cream with homemade strawberry jam, grass under our feet, perfect Polaroid weather, new books and a lingering sense of quietness.

For others, summer today is about exploring a new culture, challenging your beliefs, being playful and starting over.

And I know that for most of us, summer today is bringing parades, barbecues, picnics and fireworks and celebrating what I believe is the very essence of the American spirit.

Wherever you are at this moment, tell us. What is summer bringing into your life today?

And Happy 4th of July!

Comments

[CDScott]

One of our summer love's is playing in what we call "Crawdaddy Creek". Here we are not today, but earlier this week. Happy 4th to all!

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[Kathleen]

Summer will bring me to the beach today...off to pack the cooler!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ko2008/4756665318/

[Becky Sue]

Summer brings dining on the deck where you don't have to care about making a mess and dinners turn into long, lazy chats with family.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rslaflam/4759661065/

[Jen]

Love this, Irene. It is perfect polaroid weather indeed.

[Aia]

summer means long walks & new discoveries!

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[Sarah]

More fun with my kids..not so early rushed morning and bedtimes...watermelon, BBQs, time at the lake. But the biggie for us in the summer...we spend a whole week in July tie dying... friends and family and neighbors pop on by with something to dye..for a whole week..we have purple fingers and happy faces. We dye most anything that does not run away and is 100% cotton...so much fun!! Has become a yearly tradition!!
Happy Fourth and Happy summer all!!

[damiec]

Summer means so many things, but one is setting ourselves to the sun's schedules, and not a clock.
I love being able to let the kids play into the early evening.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/22487105@N06/4760541102/?edited=1

[Kathryn Dyche Dechairo]

Summer is bringing bike rides, eating outdoors, bbq's, picnics, walks and visiting new places.

Happy 4th of July everyone.

[Katie]

Summer is banana pudding ice cream, soaking in the sights and smells of a cool evening from the front porch, being a tourist in my own city, and harvesting vegetables from my garden--a truly magical time of year.

[Naomi]

Summer is wonderful! Picnics, BBQ's, going to the lake, fishing, strawberries & watermelon, popsicles & ice cream, lovely evening walks...I could go on and on but here is one I had to share....bubbles! Happy 4th!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/50267281@N03/4750682358/

[nikkole]

Summer is lots of trips to my Grams house on the lake...

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[Kara]

Ah, summer sun:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ketchuplover/4758773348/

[traceyclark]

here we are celebrating our freedom! http://www.traceyclark.com/blog/2010/7/3/celebrate-freedom.html
have a great day everyone, wherever you are!

[staci]

Summer is bringing us rain, and lots of it !!!!

http://3monkeysjumping.blogspot.com/2010/07/178365-rain.html#comments

[Faith]

My niece enjoying bubbles in the backyard:

http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii260/nearestfuture/2010/06/2010-06-26_0023.jpg

[AnnaNova]

yes!!! and those strawberry plants are HUGE!
here is our summer
http://thisduckylife.blogspot.com/2010/06/summer-is-here.html

[Denise]

Baseball!!!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/deniselivingston/4733901376/

-Denise

[Vanessa]

today was spent hiking with friends around glendalough -a beautiful natural park in county wicklow (ireland). my eldest fell into a ditch and sprained his ankle... but we still managed to make it a wonderful day... :)
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[Puna]

I love the 4th of July, just love it.

http://lifesignatures.org/wordpress/2010/07/july-4-freedom-the-boys-of-summer/

[Katy]

Today, summer brought pride:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/katyharmer/4762783910/

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