I love spending time in the mountains camping and breathing that fresh wondrous air.
I do love summer, but I am grateful that where we live we are blessed with all four seasons in their full glory. Crisp autumn air, the beauty of the fresh faller snow, and tulips peaking through the snow in spring are also thoroughly enjoyed. ]]>
I’ll meet a group of friends in Santa Barbara for the very cool Summer Solstice Parade that has become our annual tradition. We’ll go out on a harbor cruise the night before and hopefully see lots of dolphins as we did last year.
Trips back east to see relatives and friends…my awesome nephew’s 21st birthday party (the one I’m invited to)!
Summer always is lots of beach time with my dear friend near Santa Barbara. We’ve had our beach days for 20 years now!
So, as you can see, I’m a summer person at heart and I never feel guilty for any pleasures!
I like the way you have me once again smiling at the simple joys of life, Belinda.
Hugs,
Lauren
At work, summer definitely has a slower pace. Or a change of pace. Instead of the events and meetings and buzz of spring, we can take a step back and do more evaluation, planning, strategy. Which is good, there is a natural order to it. We’re preparing for ramping up again in the fall.
In Minnesota, I think most of us believe that summer is short so we need to enjoy it. We take a lot of long weekends, many of us take a week or more for vacation, we go out as a group for lunch, we have friends over for barbecues, we indulge in the ice cream!
I think about the Italian lifestyle and how the whole country practically shuts down for August. Wouldn’t this be great, a month of rest and relaxation? But since we don’t get that in the US, we might as well enjoy the slower pace for the summer!
]]>Guilt, what a waste of perfectly good ice-cream and perfectly good times. Tony should have guilt about even thinking of belly flopping in perfectly good ice cream though. ]]>
So nice to be reading your blog again. My wife and I just planted our tomato and herb garden in the past couple of weeks. So we are hoping that we’ll be eating may tomatos and my wife will always have herbs for our meals that she cooks with such creativity. We are also going to a musical “Drowsy Chaperone” at a local professional playhouse. We also have family visiting from the West Coast (LA area) so I’m taking a week off to enjoy that. My wife and I were just talking about going back to Sonoma and San Fran within the next few years when my youngest is also off to college. It is such a beautiful area and we miss it.
I hope your weather out there has been nice and it’s really nice to be reading your “positivity” blog again.
Best,
Bob ]]>
(and by slow down, I just mean chasing toddlers outside instead of inside 
)Our plans are to go to the beach as often as possible, I’ll be heading to BlogHer in August, and that’s about it! ]]>
Self imposed suffering;) I’m so good at that! Well…I’m a lot less punishing than I used to be anyway! It’s so needless and it all stems from fear. I know you already know that. Happy Summer! ]]>
You expressed exactly how I’ve been feeling! When the summertime arrives here in RI, the change is palpable. You can literally feel the change more than any other season. And while I do embrace this–it’s my favorite time of year–I also give into feeling the guilt that the pace can be slower. Isn’t it crazy to feel guilty?! This summer I’m going to do my best to continue to embrace the gift of this season: taking some vacation, enjoying some golf, time with friends and family…and a few gin and tonics! Hope you enjoy it as well… ]]>