summer solstice
Reasons, both culinary and otherwise, why summer is my favorite season:
1 – long lazy days
2 – radishes with salt and butter
3 – tomatoes still warm from the garden with olive oil and salt
4 – late-evening grilling while it’s still light
5 – al fresco dining, no need for a sweater
6 – jubilee beetles! (aka fireflies/lightening bugs)
7 – scree beetles (cicadas)
8 – falling asleep to the sound of crickets
9 – rose on the patio
10 – vino verde
11 – sangria
12 – drunken fruit at the bottom of the sangria glass
13 – peaches
14 – cherries
15 – blueberries in lime sugar
16 – fruit tartes
17 – picking blackberries on the huckleberry trail
18 – all-day grilling: pork shoulder, ribs, brisket
19 – eating ice cream before it melts
20 – bacon, lettuce, tomato
21 – suntans
22 – the smell of suntan lotion
23 – flip-flops
24 – seafood on the east coast shore
25 – traveling to sweltering destinations
26 – sweet tea
27 – lemonade
28 – nightcaps on the patio
29 – espresso after dinner
30 – digestif after espresso
31 – pastis
32 – watermelon with halloumi
33 – farmer’s market cantaloupe and honeydew
34 – corn on the cob
35 – succotash
36 – vidalia onions
37 – mojitos
38 – after dinner twilight walks
39 – gaspacho
40 – cucumbers in dill yogurt dressing
41 – kachumber salade
42 – lavender
43 – bumblebees
44 – salade nicoise
45 – haricots verts
46 – sand pedicures
47 – grilled pizza
48 – margaritas
49 – near-daily garden harvest
50 – humidity that wraps around you like a blanket when you step outside
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