Summer is officially OVER

Dear Sweet Summer,

I have enjoyed your sunny days, warming rays and drippy Popsicle sticks. I am sorry that you came so late and stayed for so short a time. I wish you could see how beautiful the fall has become, and although I am not a big fan of the colder weather, you would not be nearly as special if you were here all year.

Thank you for this amazing sunny haired smile, that frolicked in your green grass

 Thank you for letting me be brave enough to try some funky colored toenails, they were a big hit with the friends and fam. Even if it took a million years and some gritty sandpaper to get all the glitter off later.

Thank you for inviting me over to all my buddy Sara's house for her delicious cooking because she is the only person I know with a grill who can cook outside when it is TOO dang hot to be inside. Thank you Sara for being able to cook such amazing food since I am inadequate in the kitchen.

Thank you for bringing these amazing girls closer together through sticky, germ infested fair rides, if even for a few hours. They love you Summer, so much and they will miss you over the next nine months.

I hope you will come again soon, and bring less hurricanes and more flowers next year.
Love, Me

Four Heart Friday: Summer Things

The realization that 2011 is half way over and summer is almost at an end (just as it begins right?) has set in. For us northern dwellers fall comes soon and winter seems never ending. I'm really hoping that the late spring will translate to a late summer, but that may be wishful thinking.

With my upcoming unemployment coming, I have decided that in between job hunting and interviews I am going to take full advantage of what summer is left.

Maybe I'll try to make one of these:

I don't remember how I stumbled on Kristie's blog OCD:Obsessive Craft Disorder, but I am so excited about all her cool tutorials. She even has a Pillowcase Dress Tutorial that may help me fix the one I made earlier this summer (remember this?).

I'm pretty much in love with fruit trees.

I have been to a few really beautiful apple orchards, I don't know if any other fruit trees grow in the northeast, but with our cold temperatures I would be willing to bet it's a no. Something about this evening dinner in a lemon grove makes me so happy.

What would summer be without a perfect cotton plaid sundress?

I don't wear dresses really. I love them, but I just can never find a style I like in my size. This style is so farmgirl pretty, maybe I will make them for all the girls.

I know the 4th is over, but I am crushing on this anyway:

I have seen some really beautiful jumbo strawberries at the market lately and I am thinking that some brightly colored dipped strawberry pops may be in my future!

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