Time to ignore the 162 unopened messages in the inbox and the embarrassingly uncounted, unanswered emails therein and, instead,...
...cook breakfast in one's swimsuit.
...wear the swimsuit all day looooong.
...read this book outside under summer trees, summer breezes, and summer skies.
...plan picnics.
...eat pizza and drink icees at the waterpark with my girls.
...read some more.
...look upon it all and call it art (beautiful, soothing words from Ann).
Figs are flourishing. They'll be ready by the Fourth of July.
The canning pears are making an valuable effort to show they support the "green" environment.
In the abundance of our tomato crop...
One plant is dying (luckily only one) and its small green tomatoes are shriveling...
So we have plucked its surplus and plan for green fried tomatoes.
The June sun beams down on the thirsty earth. Where once potatoes and onions stood, okra and peppers now try to soak up the evaporating moisture.
June is here!
So we are installing a watering system. My husband and sons will laugh to see the pronoun "we."
The trick, we are told, is to flood the drenches between each row. The roots will absorb just what they need to grow.
It will be a long summer. The mimosa tree breathes it's last sigh of surrender to the summer sun.
While Mr. Sunflower basks in the heat of the noonday sun.
When not growing crops and orchards and grass,
we grow...
children!
Soccer season in the summer. Really! Who in their right mind would...?!?!
I would. We will. Because it's summertime. And summer only comes once a year!
No time for blogging but I have pictures that I must share for prosperity and memory-making if for no other reason. I already have a picture folder labeled "Summertime".
End-of-School-Year Homeschool Fun Day at
Working on the boat...
Cooking a Sauce Piquante on the outside stove...
My husband's favorite summertime salad (Suddenly Salad Bacon & Ranch) with hand-picked tomatoes and cucumbers (courtesy of Opa) and some cool cantaloupe (courtesy of Oma)...
Checking out the new bike...
Babysitting...
Reading the newspaper and relaxing in the shade of the oaks...Louisiana-style (notice the two fans)...
Harvesting the fig tree...
God Bless Your Summertime Sundays!
My view from the chair:
After doing a quick swim lesson (with Annie) and a lazy river cool-off (for myself), I indulged in this. Very good. Supper plans were on the chopping block when we left the pool:
"A sharp knife and a supply of tomatoes is all one needs to make tomato salad. Add some fried bread and you have a first course. Offer some corn on the cob, a plate of steamed vegetables, and some homemade mayonnaise if you have the energy. For dessert, peaches, berries, and melons in their natural state without a thing on them. After a day of water and sunshine people are hungry, but no one wants to fuss, and since on vacation all plans go to h***, no one feels guilty about sandwiches for supper."
Last week of June:
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Through July:
Today we went to hear television news personality John Bridges introduce to the children to some of his Louisiana Travels and read to them. Our library is touring the seven continents this year so we are world-schooling (vs. home-schooling) in the truest sense of the word.
At the end, he handed out free sno-ball coupons to all the children. That made their day!!! Tomorrow we're off to Asai!
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