in the good 'ole Summertime

 "Those lazy hazy crazy days of summer...."

..Nat King Cole, 1963

anyone remember this old song?

"roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer,

Dust off the sun and moon and sing a song of cheer

you'll wish that Summer could always be here.."

Summertime things I enjoy:

our sun-dappled meadows

Colorful, breezy summer dresses! Big shade hats! Summer sandals. Keeping your hair clipped UP because it's so hot and sweaty to have it anywhere on your neck! LOL

Summer pocketbooks!

I love these old vintage pocketbooks, I have three now. All the ladies in my family carried these back in the day!

Ive had this old straw pocketbook for so many years. I took it outside to make pictures with flowers.

and this one has a hummingbird on it

Delicate butterflies that come to visit!

Diane or Debbie, can you tell me what kind of butterfly this is, y'all know alot about butterflies.

watermelon is a big part of Summer, right? 

out here, you just buy them off the back of farmer's pick up trucks.

Do you like it? Do you eat it with salt sprinkled on it?

Our hen ladies LOVE IT on hot days!

Planting, Caring for, and watching things grow in your garden:

Summer flowers, bright and pretty

I love going into the garden and cutting blooms for bouquets. Big ones, tiny ones, they all bring me cheer.

Summer drinks

Do y'all have Sonic where you live? We don't, (we are many MANY miles from things like that, LOL) so when we do visit, it's a treat. I love their milkshakes with whipped cream on top. I made pictures of these summery looking drinks they have on their menu board. Lots of fun ones to choose from!

Which one would you choose?

the cherry vanilla Dr. Pepper one looks delicious!

I do enjoy lemonade. But those shakes with all the candy bits and stuff added in......THAT IS just too much "sweet" for me! LOL

Summer reading

"It was one of those things she had found Northerners took to best ---sweet tea. If you ordered it in a restaurant up North, people looked at you like you were crazy, but once you got a taste for it, it was like a cocaine addiction...." LOL
................Cathy Holton---Revenge of the Kudzu Debutantes

Cooking food you grew:

big fluffy  marigolds

the very first four o'clock bloom!

it was yellow, and it was delicate

my bird I got at Wormsloe in Savannah

Flashy red cardinals make their home here

fresh eggs

and buckets full of ice and yummy drinks!

Glad you stopped in to visit my porch!

What are some of YOUR favorite Summertime things??

sun kissed city streets

 

Sun kissed rooftops, steeples, bricks, and windows.

just the very EDGE of this building gets a sunbeam!

St. Michaels is glowing

the old Confederate Widows Home building is awash in sunshine

just a touch of sunshine on the corner of this building!

bright beams on the old Wentworth Mansion

a soft glow on the old Masonic building

Soon, the sunbeams are gone and twilight arrives.

The sun is now setting and night time has arrived. 

I wrote that piece above for the blog quite a few years ago. Nothing has really changed.......even the "skeeters" and "no-see-ums" are still there! ha ha LOL

Hope you enjoyed walking the city streets with us today, and being here for night-fall on a hot and sweltering Summer evening.

Don't forget about the big Sturgeon Supermoon tonight, plus a nice meteor shower! I think there are TWO Supermoons this month, the next one being the "Blue Moon". Enjoy!