100 things i love about summer

100.  The feeling of summer. I’ve realized throughout this summertime list that what I really love about each one of these things is the feeling they evoke from me.  The sweet and breezy feelings.  The high and bright feelings.  The warmth, the freedom, the ease, the joy… it’s the feeling of summer that I love.  [...]

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100 things i love about summer

66.  Kayaking. Eli has been used to riding with one of us when we take to the lake in our kayaks.  This year, he tried his hand at paddling his own boat… while getting a cozy little tow from my mom. 67.  Dressing beachy. It’s probably no dramatic surprise that I love to dress my [...]

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100 things i love about summer

61.  Sunflowers. The sunny faces of late summer. 62.  Lying in the sun. It just feels good. 63.  Pool parties. A whole bunch of cousins, some pool toys and a warm August afternoon. 64.  Outdoor fun. Eli had his first alpine slide run and adored it.  The bungee trampoline was not so much a hit.  [...]

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100 things i love about summer

57.  Curtains blowing in the breeze. I love the lofty feeling I get when my curtains dance in the summer wind. 58.  Hammocks. Swinging in the shade in the comfort of a sturdy hammock… it can lull even the busiest among us into a state (however short) of quiet relaxation. 59.  Honeybees. I’m always so [...]

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100 things i love about summer

56.  August birthday boys. August is a celebratory month around here as both my boys have August birthdays.  Eli turned 8 on the 7th and TODAY our little Soren turns ONE!  It’s been a summer of so much goodness already and parties with cake and laughter certainly top the list.  Here’s to a whole new [...]

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100 things i love about summer

52.  Board games. Summer nights on vacation are the perfect time to bust out a board game.  It’s the most fun when it’s a whole family affair… 53.  Boats. I love boats even when I’m not in them.  But especially when I am. 54.  Critters. Summer brings such cute (in their own way) little creatures [...]

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100 things i love about summer

51.  The zip line. A zip line runs across the backyard of my parents’ house in Maine.  Prior to this summer, in order to even get at the zip line you needed to climb to the top of a ladder precariously leaning against a tall pine.  Once at the top, you needed to pivot around [...]

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100 things i love about summer

46.  Sitting in the grass. With a not-yet-walking babe, a lot of time is spent at ground level.  The summer is the nicest time to enjoy the soft cushion of grass beneath us along with the well-loved smell of a freshly-mowed field. 47. So many greens! I confess, there have been times that it felt [...]

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100 things i love about summer

45.  Raspberries. I couldn’t help but shove berries into my mouth by the fistful when picking these beauties.  I wasn’t the only one.  Soren took to raspberries right away and was soon scooping them out of my berry baskets almost as fast as I could pick them.  Who can blame a baby with a hankering [...]

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100 things i love about summer

44. Hummingbirds. These sweet, small friends only visit us in the summertime when there is plenty of nectar to be had.  It’s a special warm-weather treat to be out near the honeysuckle or beebalm near dinnertime and hear the hum of tiny beating wings.

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