Iowa Summer Days - PERFECTION!

Summer has finally arrived here in Northeast Iowa! The flood waters have receded, the weeds are in their full dance of growth, our black lab is lounging in the shade under our mini-van in the driveway, baseball season is nearly over, the air conditioners are humming away, we're all out of sparklers, the river is ripe for kayaking, canoeing, or tubing, and the deep freeze is full of ice cream treats of one kind or another. WE LOVE SUMMER! This photo was taken last February of our very white, sun-seeking feet on the white sandy beaches of the Gulf Coast in Florida. I hope we can get down there again this winter, it REALLY helps to get a dose of summer in the middle of Iowa winters. If only we could bottle up these wonderful Iowa summer days we're having right now and pull them down off the shelf like a well worn board game every once in a while in winter. Well, if wishes were horses, beggars would ride. So for now, we enjoy and breathe deeply each and every glorious Iowa summer day - fresh green, clean clear blue, perfection.