Lemonade Summer.......

Yesterday was one of those hot perfect summer days. I spent the afternoon hanging out at my friend's house by the pool with 2 other friends. It was a perfect lemonade day!I'm very fortunate to have the summers off since I work in the schools. Every summer around June 4th or 5th I get to relieve that feeling of having the endless possiblities of summer stretching out before me like a mile long country road fading into a far away pinpoint.



I think the kids in this ATC had this picture taken at the beginning of the summer right after school was out and they knew that if they stood like statues for another 15 seconds until the picture was taken, they would be home free to enjoy a lemonade summer!

Lemonade Summer

Summer came folding in upon us on warm merangue clouds,

It spoke of promises of hazy yellow days,

Barefoot hours on the porch swing reading of far away places in time,

And fireflies gently captured in Mason jars lanterns.

It was a lemonade summer

Lemonade Recipe

1 cup sugar (can reduce to 3/4 cup)
1 cup water (for the simple syrup)
1 cup lemon juice
3 to 4 cups cold water (to dilute)
Method
1 Make simple syrup by heating the sugar and water in a small saucepan until the sugar is dissolved completely.
2 While the sugar is dissolving, use a juicer to extract the juice from 4 to 6 lemons, enough for one cup of juice.
3 Add the juice and the sugar water to a pitcher. Add 3 to 4 cups of cold water, more or less to the desired strength. Refrigerate 30 to 40 minutes. If the lemonade is a little sweet for your taste, add a little more straight lemon juice to it.
Serve with ice, sliced lemons.
Serves 6.

Thinking of Summer.......living in Spring or Winter?

Remember how good warm sand feels between your toes? Well the calendar says "Spring" and Easter is tomorrow........but we have 2 inches of snow here in PA and it's 26 degrees! Even though the weather is not optimal for an egg hunt, I'm still thinking positive that the weather can only get warmer....right? Actually my mind is on summer with less than 2 months of school to go, it will be here before you know it. I love the water and will be spending a lot of time out on my pontoon boat this summer. Whew-whooooo! Here are some "beachy - water" inspired collages. I'm thinkng about either framing them or sandwiching them between two pieces of glass and soldering around the edges like I did with the "Beach Girls" collage.
This collage was inspired by a new friend that I met only a meer 8 months ago but feel that I've known for a long time....we are "like minded" people!
Don't you just love the look on his face? He's the little Captain!
The Beach Girls loved the water and loved getting together to drink wine and be silly! Isn't that what friends are for?