A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....06-29-05....Celebrating Summer

Mama_Bear

[Mama_Bear]

A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day

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Summer is finally here! It started on June 21st at 2:46 A.M. EDT, and I couldn't be happier that my favorite season is here at last!

So, today at the Finest we are celebrating all things "Summer"....like baseball and sandcastles, watermelon and lemonade, beach balls and suntan lotion.

What says "summer" to you?

I'll start............a few of my favorite "summer" memories from childhood; blueberry popsicles, catching lightening bugs, running barefooted through the grass, and ice cold watermelon juice dripping off my elbows. Okay, your turn! :-)






Solstice comes from the Latin (sol, sun; sistit, stands). For several days before and after each solstice, the sun appears to stand still in the sky—that is, its noontime elevation does not seem to change.


"Midsummer" is celebrated all around the world with summer art and music festivals, but the annual celebration at Stonehenge has to be one of the most impressive. Last week, just under 21,000 people trekked to the Salisbury plain to watch the sunrise between the ancient stones of the megalithic ruin.

Summertime music
for your listening pleasure...

Summertime Key Largo Beach Baby Girl From Ipanema California Girls Summer Breeze Good Ol' Summertime

The Summer of '42 A Summer Place Surfin' USA In The Summertime Kokomo Crazy Days of Summer Sailing

Some Summer Links....

Fish are jumpin'
And the cotton is high.
Oh yo' daddy's rich
An' yo' ma is good lookin'
So hush, little baby,
Don't you cry. - George & Ira Gershwin, Heyward DuBose from "Porgy and Bess"


"This is June, the month of grass and leaves . . . already the aspens are trembling again, and a new summer is offered me." - Henry David Thoreau, Journal, June 6, 1857


Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all. - Stanley Horowitz



That beautiful season the Summer! Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light; and the landscape lay as if new created in all the freshness of childhood. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Summer is a promissory note signed in June, its long days spent and gone before you know it, and due to be repaid next January.
- Hal Borland


For him in vain the envious seasons roll Who bears eternal summer in his soul. - Oliver Wendell Holmes, The Old Player


The serene philosophy of the pink rose is steadying. Its fragrant, delicate petals open fully and are ready to fall, without regret or disillusion, after only a day in the sun. It is so every summer. One can almost hear their pink, fragrant murmur as they settle down upon the grass: 'Summer, summer, it will always be summer.' - Rachel Peden

Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language. - Henry James, "A Backward Glance"


If a June night could talk, it would probably boast it invented romance. - Bern Williams

06-28-05 ~ Hall of Fame #12

THIS WEEK'S THREADS 06-27-05....Military Monday 06-28-05...Hall of Fame #12

Opinions by our own 'King of Ping' Every Thursday at the Finest The guy's good, folks!

[STARWISE]

HAHAHAHA!!!!!

[luvie]

...and what are you laughing for!!!! LOL! Just kidding, ya know!

[STARWISE]

Priceless .....!! luv, dinky ;)

[STARWISE]

You two are now bound by your girdles ...ROFL!!

[luvie]

Girdle-sistahs!!!! What could be better! LOL!

[jkphoto]

What an adorable face. How is Chachi behaving today? Has he let you take a nap? With a face as cute as his how can anyone be bored with looking at him.

Great page again . . . as usual.

[STARWISE]

Here ya go, girls

[luvie]

Yikes!! That hurts to look at much less to wiggle into!

[Billie]

Hello, All

oobie affle uns here...

Lori, your animations are cute - the ants NEED to be large - or else we might not recognize them! :) Good job!

[Billie]

Cootiebrain, huh? You can't make this stuff up. :)

[luvie]

oobie!!! How're ya doing this fine afternoon!

It's your friendIPPY!!

[STARWISE]

Oh Boobie .. just precious ... here's part of your great namesake

--- Blue-Footed Boobie 2, North Seymour Island

[Billie]

Well, IPPY!! DO DA!! How Do You Do?!

[Billie]

Oh, No! LOL! That really is funny - a blue-footed boobie, especially since I have been dubbed Billie BlueBird for quite some time now!

[luvie]

I am doing sooooo good I can hardly stand it! This was so much fun, I posted it on the Canteen. They're having fun with it, too! Thanks for something to get us stirred up, Starwise!...and giving us some belly laughs--till I've about split my Girdle!! LMZGBO!! (laughing my zippy girdlebutt off!)

[DollyCali]

Hi there friends.. got in a bit ago (gone ALLLLLL day) and ran out again & in for a bit. will take Oliver to park for an hour or so walk but it will be SOUPY as we had A LOT OF RAIN yesterday evening & it appears again this afternoon a bit more as I was out & further south.

Lori & Amy.. went to Stan Hywet again with several friends including FReeper Molly Pitcher . I got up at 6 which wasn't much sleep as I was playing a fun game called HTML hide & seek last night until 3:30. and I lost!!!! really too brain dead to tackle it now. Do need to shovel out kitchen & do some clean ups here. Will be at vBS both Thurs / Fri during mornings to do photography for the mission projects & a few other "assignments" from director, Cheryl.

Looking forward to the visit with you both to Stan Hywet.. will be tying down more plans next week or so. But perhaps we can do the tour on Fri & Dutchess can wander over here (if she is back from her trip) and join us. I have free admission for 4 guests... It is a delightful place.. and the gardens are quite special. I am drawn to history of the golden age era. world wide Time of many wonders, joys, tragedies & time of my parents birth

Lori.. the thread is delightful. My speakers are still not set up but I am guessing the first song is Porgy/Bess's Summertime.. which I love..Good dancing music!!

My summertime memories are good ones basically. I recall playing spud in street in front of house with neighbor children until way after dark. Our parents would often be sitting on front porches chatting. I remember biking to the little mom/pop grocery store for soft drinks (which we never had in home); I remember biking to swimming lessons at city pool ... about 5 miles each way. Lessons were at 9 AM & I recall the pool being coolish. Memories of picking blackberries with dad so mom could make jelly/jam. Memories of our family piling in car & going to drive in movies. Mom would pop a big bag of popcorn & they had beer (cant recall what we drank), my brother & I fell asleep early in evening & frankly don't recall any movies. I remember helping my mom with yard chores.. putting in veggie garden, weeding, trimming cultivating flower beds. I remember going to swimming parties with my parents & their friends. I was very proud because my dad would come in water & play with the kids. He also did fancy dives off the board. I remember it was summer when we got our first TV. I didn't know what it was. Summer was also lots of hikes, biking & climbing trees. It was a time of bee bites & skinned knees (if you bike , you fall... still happens unfortunately when you are klutzy)..

I might check back later.. Need to get my pouch out. He is shivering under my chair. Guess there is still thunderboomers in his ear shot & some folks are getting a head start on their fourth July festivities.

[DollyCali]

what a delightful set of posts & summer memories.

Thank you

May I also welcome you to our fellowship here (not quite as tight as the Fellowship of the Ring, but close!!) Need to get my doggie out. The kitties are happy to be in the cool house & have food in their dishes. NOT Mr. Oliver... run/play/jump/...

[LadyX]

"This was so much fun, I posted it on the Canteen. They're having fun with it, too! Thanks for something to get us stirred up, Starwise!...and giving us some belly laughs--till I've about split my Girdle!! LMZGBO!! (laughing my zippy girdlebutt off!)"

Aren't you glad I had Dinky Applebuns dust off this translation gem?!!

Reduces each of us to an oh so "common denominator" - -
LOLOL.
Some writer *really* undertood how to level the (playground) playing field..:))

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Thanks for coming through and posting it for me, Miss Dinky!
It never fails to create hilarity, and satisfying, cleansing deep laughter..:))

[Aquamarine]

Hi, I'm Snotty Apple Shorts...lol

[Aquamarine]

Welcome to The Finest, Earthdweller, love your humor.