Summer is in full force and I couldn't be happier about it. Stella and I spent a few days at Grandmas recently, as Rhett was in New York for a shoot. Our days were full of Watermelon, sprinklers, and reading under the crabapple tree on the front lawn.
It was hot while we were there. Reeeeeealllly hot. I kept thinking of this passage in To Kill A Mockingbird:
"Maycomb was an old town, but it was a tired old town when I first knew it. In rainy weather the streets turned to red slop; grass grew on the sidewalks, the courthouse sagged in the square...
Somehow it was hotter then: a black dog suffered on a summers day; bony mules hitched to Hoover carts flicked flies in the sweltering shade of the live oaks on the square. Men's stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning.
Ladies bathed before noon, after their three-o'clock naps, and by nightfall were like soft teacakes with frostings of sweat and sweet talcum."
Ahhhhh. Harper Lee says everything best.
Our favorite way to beat the heat is to head up the canyon, which is about a 5 minute walk from my parents house. We spent an afternoon hiking and playing in the river, which felt so amazing.
Don't be tired of Stella photos yet. There's more.
Sometimes I don't know how we would survive without Wes. Stella sure loves her. Missed you Shelb and Nick!!
One afternoon Stella and Wesli got out the dress ups and played cheerleader. They were enamored when I told them that their Grandma was at one point a real, live, actual cheerleader. Megan and I weren't surprised to see she's still got the moves, but the kids were definitely surprised. They became her willing students and we all had cheers stuck in our head all day. She is the best Mom.
The last night we were there the sunset was so beautiful. And this picture is horrible. But it's all I've got.
Whenever Rhett is on a trip he sends me and Stella photos of things he thinks we will like. I love it because it means he is thinking of us, even though he has a lot going on.
He sent us a picture of this dog thinking we would like it, but instead it made us sad. That dog looks sad right?!? Stella and I looked at this pic a lot and made lots of "awwwwww!" sounds.
Selfies, my favorite kind of picture to get. For obvious reasons. (He's a good lookin man!!)
Summer was our best season: it was sleeping on the back screened porch in cots, or trying to sleep in the treehouse; summer was everything good to eat; it was a thousand colors in a parched landscape; but most of all, summer was Dill.
ReplyDeleteHarper Lee sure knows how to write about summer.
Shelby
oooooo. seb thats a good one. i'm putting tkmb on hold right now. i don't think i've read it since high school (emoji with big eyes and red cheeks). i really wanna know that book inside and out before i read go set a watchman.
Deletethe line about black dogs suffering in the heat brings on a new meaning for me these days. thanks for the shout out!
ReplyDeleteoh and as for what you would do without wes... things would be a lot more peaceful. buuuut they would be much more boring.
ReplyDeleteThat is a good one Shelb! And yes Megan that was a shout out to Jimmy. You guys make me feel cool when you comment on my blog.
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