Signs of Summer

 Signs of summer at our house:

• Eating dinner at 8
• Going to bed even later than normal
• Sleeping in
• Towels, Towels everywhere
• The sound of neighbors
• The TV is off
• The sounds of water splashing, Marco Polo and more splashing
• Pool toys tossed all over the lawn around the pool
• The smell of chlorine
• The swamp cooler running at full blast
• Towels, towels everywhere
• The frequent purchase of shaving cream for my legs
• Breakfast dishes on the deck table
• The sound of the springs on the trampoline even late at night
• The scent of sun screen on everyone in the house
• Cottonwood trees shedding their cotton until it looks like it’s snowing
• The sound of the mosquito truck spraying latenight
• An increased use of bandaids for cuts & scrapes
• Late nights on the deck
• Towels, Towels everywhere
• The sound of irrigation sprinklers all night long
• The sound of crickets all night long
• The sound of the icemaker every few minutes
• The smell of grease from burgers, dogs and steaks on the grill
• Towels, Towels everywhere
• Grasshoppers in the garden
• Birds hovering in the cherry trees
• The sound of lawnmowers running early in the morning
• Blanket tents in the back yard
• Grass clippings trailing inside each entrance of the house
• Extra fingerprints on the deck door
• Did I mention Towels, Towels everywhere?

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.