Here are some images of early summer, from our trip two days ago to Ohiopyle State Park. It is beautiful there; if you haven't been and live in the area, do go. Make sure you follow your hike (where you will see waterfalls, wildflowers, dogwoods, hemlocks, and more) with a stop to river-rat infested Firefly Grill, where you can stuff yourself silly with french fries and Hershey's dipped icecream. Or skip the hike and throw yourself helter-skelter down the natural waterslides.
It was HOT for early summer, and the shady hike we expected was not as shady as we hoped.
The trees were still just awakening and leafing, though the lilacs and dogwoods were in full splendor.
Ah, SUMMER.
Celebrate! Plant some summer bulbs or put some lilacs in water on your kitchen table. Lose your muffler, crank up some hiphop with obnoxious base, and roar down the road with your windows open. Or eat peppercorn salmon, as we did tonight. At least drop some basil seeds in the warm ground. Summer, summer, summer!
3 comments:
what beautiful photos of some of my very favorite people to cheer me up here at work tonight - i love you all & can't wait to see you SOON. yes, summer is ahead... full of good things and no more school stress - i'm finished!!
Wow, the girls are growing up!
I still see Nana in Elspeth.
(And her momma, I remember that same look at the Capok Tree in Miami the first time I saw her!)
And Merry, boy howdy, she's going to be loads of fun when she hits her teens!
Martin will need to get a shotgun to fend off all of the boys!
It's so fun to see favorite friends in our old stomping grounds!
Today, I was flipping through recipe choices, and I came across what was surely the dish Martin made the other night. Remembering your "fiery" comments, I passed it right up.
Martin: you mentioned Joseph Arthur. I really like his music.
Amy
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