Monday Musings: Summer in Quotes

In spite of the July heat, let's make the most of the remaining weeks of summer. Fresh from the beach, here are some beautiful words that embody this season.

"Summer was our best season: it was sleeping on the back screened porch in cots, or trying to sleep in the treehouse; summer was everything good to eat; it was a thousand colors in a parched landscape; but most of all…"

-- Harper Lee

"One benefit of summer was that each day we had more light to read by."

-–Jeannette Walls

"A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the lawn mower is broken."

-- James Dent

“I love how summer just wraps its arms around you like a warm blanket.”

--Kellie Elmore

"To escape and sit quietly on the beach — that's my idea of paradise."

-- Emily Wickstead

Happy end-of-summer!