Sweet summer

His Banner June 2019

Sweet Summer

By Connie Hawkins



“I love how summer just wraps its arms around you like a warm blanket.” ― Kellie Elmore.   What a great quote.  It’s no secret to those who know me, I love summer. By midday the smell of the heat takes center stage, as dry, and or, humid air has a scent all its own. Then, as night approaches, sweet scents of night blooming flowers – honeysuckle, flowering tobacco, evening primrose – woo the olfactory sense.  There’s nothing better than the smell of a barbecue, wood burning in the fire pit. The sounds of summer are equally special. The nighttime lure of crickets, a gentle breeze (if you listen you can hear it), the rhythm of the falling rain, the rumble of thunder in the distance, barking dogs and the laughter of my grandchildren climbing trees, riding their bikes and picking berries from our mulberry trees.

But the best part of summer, for me at least, is sitting on the deck enjoying these sounds and smells of a summer longed for.  Oh, the stories that unfolds sitting on the deck.    Sweet sweet summer I never want you to end. Thank you God for the changing of the seasons – summer came just in time!