I’m ready for summer.

Bring on the green!

Bring on the vibrant beauty of flowers

And fuzzy bottomed bumblebees

Dizzy with delight.

Bring on the blue!

Bluebird days that melt into

Marmalade sunsets

And the fiery hues of a campfire

Surrounded by friends and stories and

Burnt marshmallows with chocolate drizzling down the edges.

Bring on the water balloon fights

And long hours at the park

Tea party picnics with tiny sandwiches

And huge hunks of watermelon goodness.

Bring on new life!

Tiny seeds erupting into gigantic feasts,

And more seeds to make us dream of next year’s harvest too.

I’m ready for sunlight burnin til midnight

Which is surely Alaska’s way of saying:

Sit up!

Pay attention!

Beauty abounds!

You are surrounded by astonishing things!

And perhaps God Himself smiled when he designed the midnight sun to collide with the most beautiful time on Earth. It just wouldn’t seem right to have such long days when everything was dead and barren.

But here we are, approaching the longest day of the year and I am soaking it up. After what felt like an eternal winter it’s good to be reminded:

life can be lovely after all.

Originally posted June 8, 2021