Today was just about as perfect a summer day as you could ask for. Woke up and DH had a fresh pot of coffee brewing. We opened up the windows to a nice cool breeze.

I did some light chores, put fresh linens on the bed and when I went out to the back yard with the dogs, I decided to hook up the hammock. It was sooo tempting that I took my GREAT book, laid in the hammock sunbathing and tossing the ball to the dogs. My little dog, Aurora jumped up and shared the hammock with me and we swayed in the light breeze while I finished up my book. My asiatic lillies are blooming, so their heady fragrance perfumed the air, while the rythmic ticktick of sprinklers kept time to the hammock. I took a little cat nap! I think the temperature peaked at 83 with just a little humidity, nothing oppressive.

Then DD came over and we headed to Costco to pick up goodies for her birthday BBQ. Found a parking space right away, grabbed the grub we needed and were out of there within an hour (a miracle for a Saturday afternoon at Costco!).

Came home, we got the watermelon and strawberries cut up and DH got the coals toasty just as guests arrived.

Grilled shrimp, burgers, had freshly chilled watermelon, blueberries, strawberries, ice cold beer, red velvet cake, board games, visiting, laughing, dip in the hot tub and everyone left around 10pm.

This day ranked up there as one of the best of the summer. With absolutely nothing on my plate tomorrow, I might just spend another afternoon with another book on the hammock and not feel a bit guilty, either!