I don't have a favourite season. There are things I love about each one, and things I don't. But on the first day of summer I'm thinking of all the things I love about the hot part of the year. There are so many, from the coolness of the early morning when the sky is the hard blue that tells you it is going to be a scorcher, to sipping cocktails in the long warm twilight of a summer evening. Here are a few thoughts:
Summer Fruit - peaches, nectarines, cherries, berries, mangoes that are so ripe and full of flavour that the juice runs down your arms in sticky trails while you eat them.
Long days - daylight for hours and hours. From the cool of the early morning, through the scorching midday when you retreat to the air conditioning, only to venture out in the long lingering warmth of summer evenings.
Ice creams - eaten fast so that they don't melt, cooling after a long walk.
Bare legs and arms - lily white from winter hibernation, they are released. Fresh air on bare limbs and bright painted toenails in open toed sandels.
Summer Storms - excitement of thunder and lightening followed by the refreshing cool, clean post rain air.
Picnics - under shady trees in gorgeous gardens, by the lake, or at the beach. Lazing on a picnic blanket eating delicious morsels while reclining in luxuriant relaxation.
And so much more ...
What do you love about summer?
A collection of the small things in life that bring a smile to your face, a skip to your step and lightness to your heart.
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Thursday, December 1, 2011
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Free Stuff
Today I've been truly spoilt. It started with the opening of a new gelato bar where they gave free scoops to everyone. I had a scoop of delicious blackberry gelato.
Then tonight, Mister M took me to Koko Black where he had a chocolate ice-cream martini and I had a blood orange sorbet martini. It was so very good. Deliciously sweet with the piquant edge of an orange, complemented by chocolate wafers. Mmmmm.
Then we headed to the movies with tickets Mister M's lovely girlfriend, Gorgeous A, had given us a few weeks ago as a surprise present. We saw "Wild Target" and it is fab. That brilliant dry, dark English humour had the whole cinema laughing aloud.
What a particularly excellent day, filled with freebies.
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Sticky, sweet goodness
I donated blood today so I felt I deserved a little treat for doing some good for humanity and that treat came in the form of Maggie Beer burnt fig jam, honeycomb and caramel ice cream.
Ooooh, it is so very good. Sticky, rich, that over-caramlised burnt flavour is amazing. Just a couple of scoops were so very satisfying.
On the blood donation front, I did have a fab nurse and barely felt it. If you haven't done so recently, please donate, they are always in need but particularly in winter.
Ooooh, it is so very good. Sticky, rich, that over-caramlised burnt flavour is amazing. Just a couple of scoops were so very satisfying.
On the blood donation front, I did have a fab nurse and barely felt it. If you haven't done so recently, please donate, they are always in need but particularly in winter.
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