Before summer unfurls I can't help but daydream about all the lovely things I look forward to doing. Picking berries is always high on my priority list and this year we have certainly picked to our heart's content. So far we have filled our bellies with: salmon berries thimble berries, dew berries, huckleberries, blueberries cherries
and now, finally, blackberries. Sometimes we look like we have been through a war zone after a picking session, but the girls LOVE it!
Another thing about summer that I get excited about, is the food. I can almost smell corn on the cob slathered with butter, a ripe peach, or steak sizzling away on the barbecue. This summer Nate made fish tacos for the fish time (AMAZING) and I plan on making this luscious peach cake before summer's end.
As far as activities go, I always have a REALLY long list of things I want to do. Always at the top of this list is to swim in an ocean, river and lake. There is NOTHING more refreshing than jumping into a river on a hot day. It is pure bliss!
As I mentioned before, normally camping is also high on that list, but since Nathaniel and I have had children, we have not had the guts to do it. This year we intend to do it, even if it is a headache. The best memories of my childhood, consist of sitting around a campfire with my family, whittling wood with my bucknife, building rafts and forts and playing cards under a tarp on rainy days. I cannot tell you how much I cherished those times. We want to create those same memories for our girls.
So far this summer we have been spending lots of time playing at our local spray park, watching Nate jump off cliffs or bridges, getting awesome tans, skim boarding,building sand castles and rock motes for Claire to sit in, walking around barefoot, having picnics, playing in the sprinkler, painting toenails, eating seasonal fruit, collecting flowers, and going for boat rides.
We have not yet been to a farmer's market, read on the beach or swung in a hammock but we still have loads of summer left and lots of fun things to look forward to. I am getting really excited about attending Esperanza's family camp, going to Tofino, working on our back deck and spending lots of lazy days at the beach. How about you? What are you still looking forward to doing this summer?
2 comments:
I so enjoy ur blogs and photos. Always look forward to ur latest entry! I love summer thunderstorms and we got to take in quite the show last night on the deck, sipping hot coffee, enjoying each othets company. Havent been to the beach yet, hoping to do that with the girls b/c Natalie wont remember being there from last summer:)
love Jana!
Good on ya for taking the girls camping. We didn't brave taking our kidlets until Ashleigh was nearly 2! And just how do you get them to sleep at night when they are used their own rooms? Well, we ended up plunking Ashleigh in her car seat and taking turns sitting in the vehicle with her and then transported her to the tent. Good times.
~Caroline
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