First Official Day of Summer

Today is the first official day of summer!

Seems like just yesterday I was sadly posting about the end of summer and the beginning of an empty (daytime) nest.

Here is a poem that describes my feelings all year and makes me anticipate the weeks ahead...

Summer

I like 'em in the winter when their cheeks

are slightly pale,

I like 'em in the spring time when the March winds

blow a gale.

But when summer suns have tanned 'em and

they're racing to and fro,

I somehow think the children make the finest

sort of show.

When they're brown as little berries and they're

bare of foot and head,

And they're on the go each minute where the

velvet lawns are spread,

Then their health is at its finest and they never

stop to rest,

Oh, it's then I think the children look and are

their very best.

We've got to know the winter and we've got to

know the spring,

But for children, could I do it, unto summer I

would cling;

For I'm the happiest when I see 'em, as a wild

and merry band

Of healthy, lusty youngsters that the summer

sun has tanned.

- Edgar A Guest

On a side note: 48 hours from now I will be arriving in the arid Sonoran Desert where the current temperature is predicted to be 108! Perfect!