things i love about the summer

-berry stained fingers
-starry nights
-flipflops
-dewy grass
-baseball games
-tromps through the woods
-laughing till your sides hurt
-bullfrogs + crickets
-bike rides to ice cream places
-the first rays of sun in the morning
-stories + jokes
-the sound of pouring rain
-braids
-reading
-deep conversations about the things that matter
-canoeing adventures
-exploring
-berry tarts
-homemade popcorn
-warm sunshine
-fresh lemonade on a hot day
-driving fast down dirt roads
-running
-the things kids say ♥
-roadtrips
-movie nights
-handwritten letters
-juicy strawberries freshly picked
-bonfires + s'mores
-fireworks
-random texts from friends saying "how r u"
-and random calls that last late into the night
-camping
-frisbee with the best people
-baby chicks
-excited dogs
-more reading
-evenings at the lake
-beautiful souls and beautiful minds

||“After all," Anne had said to Marilla once, "I believe the nicest and sweetest days are not those on which anything very splendid or wonderful or exciting happens but just those that bring simple little pleasures, following one another softly, like pearls slipping off a string.”||