In the Good Old Summertime

That old song has been running through my head so often these days.  What old song, you ask?  This one.  :)



Because these days of beauty and peace are summertime.  And they are good.

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In the summertime, we find new ways to relax.

But we also work - together - which makes even time-consuming jobs like preserving food go much more quickly and in a much more enjoyable way than working alone would!

 On the morning of Shav's birthday, for example, we worked on canning green beans; the birthday boy was a happy helper.  :)

 In the summertime, we welcome Aunt Helen, my Chicago aunt, to our home...and we even give her a place at the table as we work on our summer projects (just like we did last year).  :)

But we don't make her work all the time.  We gave her, during her most recent visit, a little time off to enjoy our pool!  ;-)

...and to play some games of Scrabble Slam with Josiah and David.

Summer is a wonderful time to practice walking the balance beam between the extremes of too much work and too much play.  :)

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Well, since that song is still swirling through my head, how about another rendition of it?  :)