Summery view on my way home from work yesterday afternoon
“Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.”
― Henry James
Here in upstate New York we seem to have leaped right from winter to summer.
A view on my drive home: a farmer getting his fields ready for the new growth of the season
I suppose it’s apropos for this time of year. Mother’s Day is coming up on Sunday, with a forecasted temperature in the mid-80’s (Fahrenheit). I can remember at least one Mother’s Day when it snowed. So goes the climate upstate.
Summer view in Spring
For now, I’ll enjoy the summery hints of days to come. Lots to do today, but I hope to enjoy some time, as Henry James seems to exhort in his quote above. It may only be Spring but summer is coming…
What’s your favorite thing/aspect about summer?
M. Reed McCall, Author 
The peaceful backyard and putting the sailboat in the lake. Oh, and my arthritic knees and shoulder seem to be on vacation too.
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Sigh. Tose six hours of spring were lovely, weren’t they?
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THOSE. Gah.
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The smell of fresh cut green grass and the sound of baseballs cracking against bats. Baseball… it brings me back to the more carefree days of youth when all I had to do was get up in the morning in the summer and play baseball from morning until dark, and then get up the next day and do the same…..
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I love all of these! 🙂
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