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7 years ago

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At our house, summer means our normal routines are interrupted, and there is a lot more time spent at home. The yard is full of flowers and the house if full of kids. When you look around your house, how do you know when it is summer?

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lucidos

7 years ago

...the sheets have that wonderful smell from being hung outside.

...you wish you took stock options on Band-Aids.

You have used at least 4 or the 8 ways to peel a kiwi

If you live in Canada you no longer need to wear a toque when barbecuing - scarves are still optional.

The neighbor comes out to mow the lawn at 7AM on Sunday. Well I guess I wanted to get an early start on the day anyway....

Then there is the "other" neighbor.

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rubyloves2shop
7 years ago
When fans are running in every room and I'm wondering why I don't get AC but then the coastal breezes come blowing in....
bipage
7 years ago
Despite the high humidity and high temperatures, the wonderful smell of cut grass, flowers in bloom, smell of chlorine poolside, sitting under umbrellas, working in the yard and loosing soooo much water weight, and feeling absolutely wonderful that the sun is shining and all is good! (Dallas/Fort Worth area)
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Maryjane Moore
7 years ago
When you see mosquito repellent in strategic places all around the house: by all exits, the grill area, the hammock, the lawn mower, etc.
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http://www.fortlauderdaledaily.com/upfront/noteworthy/10-signs-its-officially-summer-south-florida

I'm on the Gulf, but same issues :>)
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It's when I retreat to my deck for meals, coffee, glass of wine or beer, with the floral scents from my garden, especially the honeysuckle vines, wafting around me.
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When the shade sails come out to shelter the back yard, and all the laundry is bathing suits.
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The house is dark inside...because the sun has risen...above the eaves...and the trees are full of leaves.
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4H goats in the backyard and chickens in the barn. Watching the kid's baseball games in the heat and humidity. And most of all...the county fair!
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Bare feet and lots of time on our patio- from coffee in the morning, to wine at night with the birds chattering away.
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When the strawberries come in, the gardenias bloom and the air conditioner comes on.
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Around here, summer means the dogs get to be outside everyday, except when it's raining. These dogs, basenjis, love heat, hate rain.

It can be 95 and they are lying out on the deck, in the full sun.

Typical basenis, I placed a puppy with a man who built a tarp covered shelter so his dog would never have to be rained on.
kathleenabd
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When you step outside and Texas size mosquitos swarm your entire being! Yup that's summer in south Texas.
Frankie
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@ kahleenabd The Plane The Plane bzzzzz bzzzz.
Jenn TheCaLLisComingFromInsideTheHouse
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Everything is bigger in Texas! ;)

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Bruce Crawford
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Mosquitos? Did someone say mosquitos? I'm 70-y.o. When I was growing up & we went to my dad's nighttime softball games, we burned kerosene-soaked rags in a coffee can to ward them off. Once I got knocked completely out of an Adirondack chair by one that came in for hard landing on my shoulders. Mosquitos? One reason I put up w/ high taxes in SoCal. In arrid climate, don't have'em.
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When the sun comes up at 5 am and goes down around 11 pm.
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Reading by the pool in the afternoon, and reading in the screen porch in the evening.
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lawn sprinklers, tan lines, neighbors out watering with hoses and washing cars, distant sounds of fireworks, lightning bugs, wishing for a thunderstorm to cool things off, steam rising from the street after a light rain, farmers markets, trips to the ice cream parlor, hum of lawnmowers, whine of weed eaters, condensation on sunglasses, peaches and fresh corn
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kjoy1
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7 years ago
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When the fireflies hover over the field in the still of the evenings. Oh my!
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Little ones with fat little legs chasing fire flies in the dark evening . Their giggles filling the air.
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Starry nights, campfires in the backyard, trips to the pool and Kool-Aid.
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YOU CAN SMELL THE HEAT AT 6 AM COMING THU THE DOORS AND WINDOWS THAT YOU JUST OPENED AND NOW HAVE TO CLOSE.....
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Soft velvety warm breezes that caress my face with a lover's touch. Birds performing a summer concert with their finely tuned notes. Emerald green cool grass that tickles my shoeless toes. Sun beating to a wild rocky rhythm of pulsating heat and icy iced cubes clinking melodically in my glass, tantalizing me with the promise of cooling refreshment. Ah, summer!
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the fish are waiting for there food at breakfast when its cool
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When I have to turn the outside ceiling fans on to enjoy my screened in porch!
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When my husband starts cursing at the lawnmower.
Mary Nigro
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When no matter what I do to my hair it looks the same, a frizzy mess. Oh and makeup only lasts about 10 minutes and I deeply regret not sticking to my diet I started in January
Frankie
7 years ago
@jjnman12 I feel your pain, it's ponytails until fall here and I gave up makeup when it started to melt down my neck. Eyeliner on my cheeks isn't the look I was going for.
atticorphan
7 years ago
The wheat is turning golden in the field, frogs croaking, watermelon in a tub of ice, dinner made with fresh fruit/garden vegetables, family reunions, church picnics, homemade ice cream, county fairs, swinging in the porch swing, catching a nap in the hammock in the shade of the trees, frying fish just caught from the lake, and camping in the great outdoors.
Resistance
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picnics and walks on our nearby beach, getting ready for Christmas etc etc were just past mid winter now ... during under my duvet in the middle of the day cos I can't get warm...
nmowers
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When the coreopsis blooms.
ladma
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NMowers, hoe pretty, mine were eaten by the bunnies.
harvesttime
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I know it's summer when the breath from your nostrils cools your upper lip. You desert dwellers know.
ggweber8
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What are some attractive cottages.

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