“Camp Eagle Ridge was my favorite place on Earth.”
Source: It Starts with Summer
“summer is beaches, sunsets and sweet perfection, but it is also goodbyes, growth and impermanence.”
Source: poetic insomnia
“Summer throws light on all things hidden through the seasons.”
“A sip of cold syrup from
Ice cream between my lips
My tongue is the colour of
Pinks and artificial purples”
Source: Sun On My Hands: A Poetry and Prose Collection
“Here in our country cottage the long summer is coming to an end, in falling leaves and setting suns, and gold and russet, where green shoots were twinkling a little time ago.”
Source: Jack the Giant Killer
“June is the beginning of summer, and on the 24th of
this month is Midsummer Day. The old legends tell us
that on Midsummer Night the fairies have their dances and revels.”
Source: What To Look For In Summer
“June is the month when the meadows are full of
flowers and blossoming grasses. Hedge-parsley and
chervil are both ni flower, together with many others
of their kind that bear sprayes in the shape of upside-
down umbrellas. They are sweet-scented in both leaf and blossom.”
Source: What To Look For In Summer
“There is a country rhyme
which says :
"When the oak comes before the ash.
Then be ready for a splash. When the ash before the oak. Then be ready for a soak.”
Source: What To Look For In Summer
“We mistakenly think that by putting ourselves first, we’ll finally get what we want. In fact, true happiness comes not from thinking more of ourselves, but rather from thinking less of ourselves—from seeing the truly small role we play in something much bigger, much more important than our individual needs.”
Source: Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World
“The yellow Iris by the edge of the river is in early
blossom, some buds opened and others opening. The flower has only three petals; what look like inner petals are really stigmas that fold back, covering the stamens. These plants spread by their creeping roots; their orange seeds can, when ripe, be ground up and used as a sub- stitute for coffee.”
Source: What To Look For In Summer