July

How is July almost over?!  Summer always seems to go so quickly, no matter how much we try to just slow it down and savor every moment; it's like running a tongue over an empty popsicle stick.

It's been pretty hot this month, so the grass is crunchy and dry and the fields aren't as green as we'd like.  Any whiff of smoke from a neighbor's bonfire that comes in our bedroom window has me paranoid we're all going up in flames.  Of course, that always seems to happen on the nights Micah isn't home.  Bad timing!  

Guitars and ukeleles are summer staples.  

Pico de Gallo is a non- negotiable for summer.  I would eat it all day long for months if I could.  I took the liberty of adding beans to it last night and calling it dinner.  I think it needed avocado too, but the local discount grocery had them priced at 2/$3, which did not strike me as a good deal, so no avocado this week. They did have some amazing sweet local cantaloupe, though!  So good!

I'm sitting here writing this at naptime...and it just started raining!  So glad!  Hope it keeps up for awhile.  Guess I'll celebrate with some sweet tea. :)  

Hope your July has been wonderful, friends!