Summer’s Here

Henry smelled the air coming in through the open windows this morning, when it was still only in the 80s, and said, “THAT’S the smell of summer!”

I’m a Sacramento Valley girl, born and bred, so while I’ll curse the heat later on this summer, right now I just love it.

Of course, it helps that it’s just a short walk to a river with icy Sierra-born water to dip my feet in. Helps even more that I have air conditioning these days, and no baseball to watch today (except on TV).

For now, I plan to lie in the hammock, read, drink lemonade, and watch the bees and butterflies buzz around my flower garden. l’ll plan what to plant and trim and pull out, but I won’t do any of it. That’ll have to wait until it cools.