Take a Look

I love summer. For all sorts of reasons. Swimming. Strawberry pie. Ice water on a hot afternoon. Lightning bugs. Long days. Gardening. Flowers. Fresh fruits and vegetables.

I love walking outside first thing in the morning to have a look at all our flowers and our garden.  The new blooms that have popped up over night.

The favorite items that, no matter where the Air Force moves us, are always there.  Peeking out from behind the garden we’ve grown at this home at this moment in our lives.  

I’ve always loved this statue.  Makes me think of my girls, sharing a book outside in the summer.  

Squash blossoms peeking out amongst the leaves.

Tiny green strawberries hiding on the edges of the pot.  Each morning I have to see if the birds have left us any strawberries.  They won’t touch the wild strawberries that grow along our fence.  They much prefer to steal the delectable ones in our strawberry pot.

The promise of fresh summer tomatoes makes me smile.  I don’t love tomatoes, I admit it.  But The Boy loves them.  He’ll walk out to the patio, pick one right off the plant, rinse it off at the sink and eat it like an apple.  Makes my heart happy to be able to do that for him.

I enjoyed taking a few minutes to step outside and take a look at the little things around me.  Sometimes we get in such a rush to hurry along and survive another day.  We’re waiting for that perfect moment, that perfect time to be able to enjoy ourselves.   Retirement, summer vacation, etc.

Step outside today and take a look around.  If you can’t find beauty right away, do what I did.  Walk around a bit.  Sit down in the grass, wiggle your toes in it.  Lay on your belly next the flower beds and just look.  Don’t think.  Just look.  There’s bound to be something there that catches your fancy.

If nothing else, at least you’ll give the neighbors something to talk about.  

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