Nuts for summer

 

"And what is so rare as a day in June?"

— James Russell Lowell    

     

     Here is June, bursting forth with an abundance of bright, colourful flowers, soft breezes and warm sunny days. 

     
      


     It's a month filled with special celebrations: graduations, June brides, fathers' day events, strawberry teas, picnics, vacation trips, a break from the books, and lazy days at the beach as summer is officially ushered in. 
     

     
     Graduates breathe a sigh of relief, proud of their accomplishments, students of all sizes and ages eagerly await the freedom of carefree days in the sun.

     
     June brides are captured in the beauty of outdoor weddings, and the father is given the love and respect so rightfully his, on a special day of celebration.  
     



     

     So, bring on the suntan lotion, the bathing suit, a good book, iced tea or cold lemonade, the picnic basket, fishing rod and the canoe.

   As the dreamy crooner, Nat King Cole so aptly put it, 

"Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer, 
Those days of soda and pretzels and beer.  
Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer,  
You wish that summer could always be here."

A Smile for Today:  

     

     Three friends got married one summer. John married Pearl and got a jewel. Art married Rose and got a flower. Larry married Hazel and got a nut!    

     Why complain that roses have thorns? Be grateful that thorns have roses.

— beulah