I took my car into the shop this a.m. for some work before we head off to Ashland for the Shakespeare Festival with Nebekers and Heders. And I walked back home - please be duly impressed - Dad said it was 1 1/2 or 2 miles - it felt like 10!! But at least it was cool and June-gloomy, so I wasn't perishing in the heat!!
But I did have the thought that today is the first day of summer!! I love the first day of summer - in fact, I love all the days of summer!! But I was thinking about what summer means to the Terrill family.
I started out thinking that summer often means graduations of one sort and another.
And sometimes it means roadshows.
And for many years it meant outdoor fun with the Kerksiek cousins.
And for lots of years it meant St. George fun.
This was a goofy summertime family photo from a ways back. (The year everyone but Bruce and Harry had short hair cuts - often a sign of summer!!)
Summer in the backyard - in your swim trunks!
Summer at the pool. And lots of sun-bleached hair.
Family reunions - Utah and elsewhere.
We don't do it much anymore, but summer has meant camping trips.
Ah, the van figures prominently in many summertime memories.
Backpacking - another staple of summertime.
Side trips in St. George - folks often wondered why we "summered" in St. George. As Bruce once told David, "Don't try to figure it out - just accept it!"
Las Palmas - synonymous with summer.
The occasional summertime beach house rental.
Celebrating birthdays in St. George.
The occasional family summer wedding.
Water fun on the 4th of July!
It would not be summer without Girls' Camp - sometimes I miss it, so it's good to hear of Ara's camp adventures.
Summer means softball!! (and sometimes all-stars too!)
And of course summer means the beach and all its attendant activities.
I don't have any photos of myself sleeping in, weeding the garden, watering the flowers, reading the paper cover to cover because I don't have to hustle off to school, leisurely walks, hiking, dozing on the patio swing, or reading on the couch - but that's also what summer means to me.
What does it mean to you??
