Summah, summah, summah time

July 11, 2008 | Filed in: Pictures, haiku friday

Sunscreen, chlorine, sweat
Tired from sunshine, splashing
Life’s best recipe

Cherry popsicle
devoured in licks and bites
Mess and stick remain

Checking the crops with
Daddy. Watching the soybeans
grow along with you

Dirty feet and hands
Mud, sidewalk chalk,
A full life well-lived

What is your favorite part of summer?

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The perfect haiku to capture summer!

Gotta love those “possicles” (as a 4 year old I watch calls them). Enjoy these summah days with those kiddos.

flickrlovrs last blog post..A Thousand Words Thursday

i posted my generic blog address…oops…so sorry….i’ll do better next week

So adorable. The perfect summer haiku.
Cherry popsicles are absolutely the best!

rachels last blog post..Bright Lights, Late Nights

Oooh, summertime…I love rain, the smell of fresh cut grass, long days, sleeping in - no school for the boys, baseball, and cold sweet tea.

Devilish Southern Belles last blog post..I needed that!

Ah, summer at its best. Glad you are enjoying. It really is such fun and happy season, isn’t it?

Maggie’s Minds last blog post..Haiku (Bike-ku) Friday 7/11/08

if it matters, here is the correct link, not my generic link http://yayasmom.blogspot.com/2008/07/free-slurpees-haiku-friday.html

janelles last blog post..FREE SLURPEES & Haiku Friday

Hey where do we find the themes???

I’m feeling left out.

~JJ!s last blog post..Snore ‘Ku

@~JJ!: We haven’t had any themes for a few weeks! Don’t worry, you’re not being left out!

I love haiku Friday, but do we need a theme? I just write what I am thinking.

Vickis last blog post..Haiku Friday

@Vicki: You don’t have to do a theme…we haven’t had one in a few weeks.

Even when we do have themes, you don’t have to use it! YOu can always do whatever you want with your haiku!

Great summer haiku! Love the pics!

My favorite part of summer is the long summer days and warm summer nights. I just showed my girl a firefly for the first time, and it was magical.

I (accidentally) posted this last night, but silly me - forgot to sign Mr. Linky until now. I’m a doof.

LOVE your haiku! I think we were clearly having similar thoughts of summertime.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Mandys last blog post..Haiku Friday - The Summer Love/Hate Edition

Great haiku!

I love warm summer evenings under the stars, sitting with hubby, sipping a cold beer.

I love little kids in swim suits while they enjoy the sunshine.

I love the smell of sunscreen….

I love watching flowers come into bloom!

Connie @ The Chronicless last blog post..Persistent!

Don’t you just freaking love summer?
Great ‘ku!

Kathryns last blog post..A Perfect Summer Day

Great ‘ku–I know other’s have said the same thing, but it is! I love summer too.

Stupid question time–are those your soybeans? I did not know you lived on a farm. Is that what your hubs does full-time? That seems so hard to me, I have a real appreciation for families that are willing to do it–we’d be in real trouble without them.

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I love the line about the soybeans growing with you. That’s awesome!

Mama Zens last blog post..May I Be Here Now

@Mom24: Not a stupid question at all! But no, those aren’t our soybeans. There is a field that backs up to our backyard. My son is obsessed with John Deere and loves to pretend those are his crops! They check them most evenings to see if they’ve grown. It’s really cute!

Lovely ‘ku. I put mine off, this week. Had a story to finish. But next week, for sure.

lceels last blog post..The Next 100 Words

not having to wake up and dash around getting two kids and a husband (and myself) ready to take to school and work. Lazy days with no agenda, entire Sundays spent at the beach. Love. it.

I love your ‘ku! How cool that the field is right out your backdoor! Carson’s a doll.

Mama DBs last blog post..Definitely not a cure for Baby Fever

The swingset. Lemonade. Wading in a creek.

Brings back memories …
summertime activities
playing in the sun ;–)

Actually … retirement in Southern California makes most days all year round free like this, but I do remember that (as a kid) the first day of summer was the first day I was allowed to take off my shoes & go outside barefoot … the way I pretty much live life. LOL
Hugs and blessings,

Oh, I love the picture of the little foot! Adorable…

I posted my haiku; without even knowing I wrote about summer stuff too!
the dragonflys last blog post..I dream a rose garden..

Great haiku! I love cherry popsicles. Makes me appreciate summer even when I’m sweating to death in my kitchen trying to make dinner.
Cathys last blog post..Climate Change Challenge

Great summer haikus!

I love the way

Sorry, I started to say I love the way you captured summertime in your poems.

The essence!!!

Laura@StorytellinMamas last blog post..Monsoon Moments…

Love the angle on the last photo! Great summer haiku!!

Karen of Sillymonkeezs last blog post..Hip Hippo Hooray!

Great photos! I love summer evenings the best - how it stays light late and the lightning bugs.

Jerseygirl89s last blog post..Haiku Friday - What Now?

My triumphant return to Haiku Friday! Maybe. Heh.

I LOVE the chalk shot! Has Tate been convinced yet? Cuz if not, he should be!

My favorite things about summer are watermelon and lemonade. And of course, the weather.
VDogs last blog post..From the VDog School of Cracker Food Preparation

Good haiku and pictures. I think my favorites have been covered by you. Oh wait: I love the smell of charcoal BBQs. That just says summer to me!

Vixens last blog post..One Nation In Struggle

The popsicle faces, dirty hands, skinned knees from bike rides. I love being able to be outside with the boys. AHHHH. And boy do they sleep better!

Teris last blog post..For the Love of France

So timely for us since Seattle’s summer finally began! I love not having to endure day after day of cloudy gray nonsense!

And the fact that I get to wear cute little summer dresses , and have BBQs and hang out in our little backyard pool and and….wel what really isn’t to love about summer (oh I guess sweating isn’t fun but yeah this is my favorite season)

Worker Mommys last blog post..I’m not a writer, I don’t even play one on TV * Updated

Great ‘ku! My favourite part is being able to sit out in the sun watching Zack playing with the neighbourhood kids. They’re all so sweet with him - it’s so cute to see!

Marylins last blog post..9 Month Haiku.

smoothies, screened in porches, parades, and peonies.

ps. i was meaning to ask you, could you pls add me to your blogroll? i find myself needing approval from masses of people lately. i think i’m getting my period. also: we should try another outing. children’s museum? conner prairie?

Suss last blog post..NPR Commentary Opportunity: SEIZED.

Sounds like a wonderful summer day!

Stephanies last blog post..Update on the sickies…

Nothing like getting mine up at the END of the freaking day….owell. At least I did one this week, it’s been a while!!

abunslifes last blog post..Hittin the Road, Sort of.

I love these, especially the cherry popsicle one.

For me, it’s being outside, tending the garden, jumping in the water on a hot summer day, the smell BBQ and fireflies.

Kimberlys last blog post..Haiku Friday: Inner Tiger

My favorite thing about summer is little boys in swimshorts - dirty as all hell from playing in the combination of dirt and water.

McCathys last blog post..Will We Survive? Haiku Style

@Sus: I got you added! And YES we do need to try again to get together. The air conditioned children’s museum sounds good!

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