Summer Nights

One thing I love about summer is the longer hours of daylight!

I like summer rainstorms.

I like hearing thunder in the distance and seeing the sky darken with the expectation of rainfall.

I like listening to the crack of the baseball bat as my grandson is playing a game.

I like sitting on the deck and listening to the quiet.

I like hearing the sound of an approaching train, then the whistle that seems to be a chord in harmony as it approaches the crossings along the way.

I like the feel of the warm air on my arms and legs.

I like sitting in the gazebo and watching the cars and trucks kick up dust on the gravel road to the south.

The fields of green soybeans and corn extend endlessly.  Beautiful!

The flowers blooming around the gazebo, in the flower bed by the deck, in the hanging baskets - bursts of color to do the landscape.

I love summer nights.  And days.  And the season.