Open windows and doors. An afternoon nap under the maple tree. The garden in bloom.

Summer brings so many awesome things :) It gives us the opportunity to spend time with family and friends, doing great and fun outdoor stuff. Games, grill, swimming, and bunch of others. Let's do this!

Aleksandra from Pixers Team

My fortress of solitude garden.

bethiniowa, your gardens are beautiful!

Fresh air breeze, gardening and hanging bed linen and towels outside on a clothesline

Early morning coffee or dusk wine in the new hosta garden.

My screen porch is my favorite place to hang out with my husband and dog!

Open windows and eating outside (even if the food isn't all cooked outside). Love eating in the backyard with friends and family on beautiful summer evenings. And gardening.

Market gardens; Festivals; Quiet weekends in the city, 'cuz most people at the cottage; Restaurant Patios; Drinks on the balcony; Thunder storms; Rainbows; Best of all...no snow, no ice, no boots, no parkas.

my big patio swing with foot rests.

The expansion of living space!

So many delights, but one more special one is napping on the patio swing in the gazebo with chickadees or nuthatches flitting in trees nearby.

Having friends and family over for a refreshing swim is one of the highlights of summer fun.

Ahh, fresh air with the windows wide open until the humidity comes inside, then a burst of cool air-conditioning. The smell of rain, the chirping of birds, the hydrangea shrubs bursting with flowers. The resurgence of fireflies in the evening, time out to read a couple of good novels, or any book, fishing, boating, lying in the grass and staring at the puffy white clouds, or at nothing at all. Music festivals on lawns, picnics by a lake, discovering small towns and villages. The bounty of summer, farmer's markets brimming with fruits, veggies and herbs, especially if you don't have, or grow anything. Baking, cooking, and canning with produce grown by your own hand, picking warm tomatoes from the vine, cold fruit and vegetable soups, ice pops, ice sickles, and ice cream, ice cream and more ICE CREAM! After all of that, I am looking forward to my favorite time of the year, AUTUMN!!!!! Every season has something to offer. HAPPY SUMMER one and all!

If I had a pool it would be on my list-especially swimming at night! However, I couldn't decide on any one item, so they're all up there.

We border BLM woodland, so being out in the cool morning with a cup of coffee and watching the new fawns, baby turkeys and multitude of bird feeder feathered friends is a joyful beginning to the summer day.

Generous vegetable garden, flower garden, cooking veggies & canning/freezing for later use! Being outside in fresh air & sunshine! Air conditioning is a must & a blessing!!

Chillin' on the deck overlooking the garden.

Now that I live on Cape Cod and have an outdoor shower it's a favorite warm weather experience. Nothing like it when you get back from the beach or boating or when you're done working in the yard/garden. We have to shut it down in the off season here so it makes the top if my best of summer at home list.

The first summer on our new place. A porch to drink morning coffee on. The absolute quietness out here. Feeling like a vacation every day because I love my yard so much. The hammock swung dangerously over the creek that is absolutely relaxing. Chickens running around. The occasional bear. The coyotes that sing across the creek when the evening creeps in. Campfires. Cooking with my dutch ovens. O my. the list is endless

Sal d, I love your description of your new home. Sounds like a piece of paradise!

hubcatz, SWEET!

Thanks Lynn B!

So much of the above and for sure the sounds and sights of nature. Especially love the "babies".

Fireflies...LOVE them.

gigirambles, YES! Fireflies put on a show every night here, a little bit of magic in the air.

River floats!

Fishing,kayaking ,s'mores, blueberries from my garden, the list is endless.

I went with air conditioner ugh* lol as everyone else plans holidays during this time, I just sit and watch them come and go as someone has to watch house and whoever is home at the time.

Anything out doors. Even if we don't cook on the grill we still will eat outside to enjoy the weather. I love working in the yard, enjoying the animals, watching my daughter play, and appreciating all of God's creation.

Naps on the hammock and bare feet.

The view of Wisconsin

Its out there somewhere.

Fireflies. Monarch butterflies. Wildflower meadows.

Grounding - barefoot in the garden, warm soil underneath feet.

Thank you sal d.

Home grown peaches in my backyard.

Swimming overrides everything! Especially in Arizona!

Naranjal

Naranjal

All of the above. I think quintessential summer for me requires a mid afternoon nap with with a light breeze flowing through the open windows followed by a sunset barbecue. Perfection!

I live where it is summer year round and love being on the terrace pool side with the house always open to the air!!

Floating in my pool chaise with a cocktail and a good book!

Knitting on my porch.

Not sure this year, as everyone is going on holidays in different places :o I will probably be doing some projects at home or join Susan above and do some knitting hehe*

Just being home! No luggage to pack, no travel schedules to keep, no dogs who need boarding; just relaxation, outside or in, newspapers, books, movies, lighting the grill, enjoying a slightly more laid back schedule than the rest of the year. Very rejuvenating!

sal d......you had me at morning coffee......lost me a bit at occasional bear. Enjoy but please be careful!!!!

Birds singing. owls at nigh, nightingales at the sunrise.

and children playing outside all days long

The cat and I sitting on the porch with a good book. Enjoying the sights and sounds of our neighborhood.

Outdoor living with a pool, deck, outdoor fire pits and dining al fresco!

Having the kids home, outdoor activities, longer daytime, cooking out, gardening, not worrying about homework, sounds of birds in the morning and frogs and crickets at night, time with family