The Joy of Summer

To see the Summer Sky
Is Poetry, though never in a Book it lie -
True Poems flee.

~Emily Dickinson

In winter I get up at night
And dress by yellow candle-light.
In summer quite the other way
I have to go to bed by day.
~Robert Louis Stevenson

There shall be eternal summer in the grateful heart.

~Celia Thaxter

Then followed that beautiful season... Summer....
Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light; and the landscape
Lay as if new created in all the freshness of childhood.

~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

In summer, the song sings itself.

William Carlos Williams

Summer afternoon - Summer afternoon... the two most beautiful words in the English language.

Henry James

Where'er you walk cool gales shall fan the glade, Trees where you sit shall crowd into a shade. Where'er you tread the blushing flowers shall rise, And all things flourish where you turn your eyes.

Alexander Pope

Before green apples blush, Before green nuts embrown, Why, one day in the country Is worth a month in town.
Christina G. Rossetti

Thank you Inda.

This is a very nice post. I have been waiting for summer. It has been somewhat cool and rainy here, but summer has finally arrived with all its flowers, birds, blossoming fruit trees and bright, warm sunshine.

Love,
yoko



What a beautiful, sunny morning. It makes you happy to be alive, doesn't it? We can't let the sun outshine us! We have to beam too.

-Takayuki Ikkaku

This is a wonderful time of the year.
The blossoms of the fruit trees have just fallen and soon we will be able to enjoy the fruit.


Haiku! Reading through
three thousand; I have here
persimmons - two!

Thank you yoko.

Think of the delicate color, texture, and scent of the flowers in the gardens. Whatever you are doing, and wherever you may be, in your mind, you can walk back into a perfect summer day.

Love, Inda

It gives me great joy to walk along a beach as the warm summer sun is setting.

Thank you for another wonderful thread Inda.

I am enjoying the summer. This year it is very pleasant here, not too hot or humid so far. I go for a walk every day.

Sincerely,
Gisele

Summer is finally here, and we are all happy to spend as much time outside as possible. This is LeeAnne's first summer, and I hope that she is also enjoying it.

Love,
Vicky

Thank you for the beautiful summer thread Inda,
and I am really enjoying this season. I just hope that it will last for a long time, since we had a bit of a late start.

Love,
Sue


Then followed that beautiful season... Summer....
Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light; and the landscape
Lay as if new created in all the freshness of childhood.

~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Thank you Vicky, Gisele and Sue.

A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.

-- St. Francis of Assisi

I enjoyed this thread so very much, my friends. Thank you for celebrating Summer.

I was reminded of a summer haiku I once wrote: here it is:


Summer’s hot kisses

melt the ice of the mountains

as yours melt my heart.





Love,
Margherita

Dear Margherita,

Thank you for the lovely images and the charming haiku.

Love, Inda
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quote:

Summer’s hot kisses

melt the ice of the mountains

as yours melt my heart.

Oh, the summer night Has a smile of light And she sits on a sapphire throne.

Barry Cornwall