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Summer Scenes

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Somehow, we are smack-dab in the middle of summer. Although work at the office is keeping my brain busier than ever, I still have had an opportunity to live in the moment and enjoy all that lazy days of summer have to offer: wildflowers, grilling, fireworks, swimming in the ocean.

Here are some snippets of the fun:

Hugs on the Fourth of July

Love copyOne of the last dips in my parents’ pool (end of an era!)

PatioExperimenting with my camera

BokehWild, orchid-like flowers nestled in the hydrangea that borders my driveway

Wild OrchidAdmiring the Boston lights back at the hotel after seeing Sir Paul McCartney

Night BostonBonding puppies

LittlePupsFourth of July fireworks over the Atlantic, as seen from the top deck

FireworkSpeckles, one of my parents’ Bengal cats

SpecklesA fuzzy little bumblebee gathering ingredients to make his honey

bumblebeexo Al

 

Unofficial Start of Summer

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Rattled awake by a thunderstorm this morning at 5 am, I’m back at the office after a most sublime Memorial Day Weekend.

Some of my favorite moments: dipping my toes in the Atlantic while the younger kids swam the day away, driving to the Dairy Corner with my boy in the passenger seat and his nephew, my sister and her boyfriend in the back – all singing along to the Alabama Shakes, spending time with a Westie, chihuahua, and two doodles, and making friendship bracelets on the upper deck as the sun beat down on me and the ocean lapped against the sand.

Ahhhhh, summer.

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Sunshine, Tequila and DIY Projects

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This weekend was one of those rare completely-open-calendar ones. This coincided nicely with the fact that it was clear, sunny, and almost 80 degrees.

We are close to ushering in summer. Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial start of lazy afternoons on the beach, bobbing in the sea on a pink float, late nights singing by a bonfire, top-back Jeep excursions, burgers and dogs, and shaking off the cobwebs that gather during the gray months.

Inspired by a neon manicure, some Milagro tequila and a sun-drenched afternoon, I revisited the fun pastime of whipping up friendship bracelets out of embroidery floss. I plan on jazzing them up and making them more refined with some studs, rhinestones, and other odds and ends I pick up at the craft store.

I forgot how relaxing the repetitive action of making those brightly-colored knots can be, and how satisfying it is to start with some threads and end with a finished product.