Outside in the Summer...

I like to be outside in the summertime. It's beautiful!
This weekend was full out outdoor activities: minigolf (x2), beach volleyball, bbq's, swimming in the lake, water fights..

Outside holds the adventures. Outside holds the potential for friendships. Outside holds the potential for hurts and insecurities.... but it holds so many tangible things.
You can't smell the rain when you're inside. You can't feel the soft new needles on the pine trees, or the texture of living flower petals when you're not outside (unless it's a bouquet of flowers, and we know that those flowers are already dead..). You can't feel the wind.

I forgot how much i love the beach until I went there yesterday. The mixture of smells: suntan lotion, wind off the water, picnic lunches, grass, perfumes and colognes, the trees... It's all so lovely. Everyone seems happy at the beach. Soaking up the sun, swimming in the water - the excitement that summer is HERE!!!

Welcome summer... welcome. Come hang out for a while.