“ I’m going to the beach in just my dress and panties.” My daughter (just 6) informed the taxi driver who came to pick me at 7.30. Well good morning.
He didn’t understand what she meant by this but I did. Besides popsicles (or kind of ice cream for that matter) going out in your panties and a dress is the highlight of summer to my daughter. And we also have moments that we know it’s arrived. And that has nothing to do with the date.
When your house smells like summer
A friend of mine said it right last year: “ I thinks it’s happening this weekend; my house smells like summer.” And darn it she was right. All of a sudden the winter is gone and your house smells of warmth. Can I order a bottle somewhere?
Seeing neighbors again after six months
I live in a beautiful 19th court where the houses circle a small park. You have a great overview of the neighborhood. Then comes the moment everyone wakes up from their winter sleep and we all want to sit in our front lawns with bottles of wine.
When you only wear espadrilles and sandals
All of a sudden it’s to hot for heels and everything that brings you 10 cm closer to heaven is cast aside as it has nothing to do with summer. You want to saunter around casually and even be able to make an unexpected little skip every now and then.
Plucking a lemon from a tree
Okay, you have to get on a plane for this but then its summer at it’s best. A cute little Spanish tree filled with ripe organic unmodified lemons. And the smell! I’d like that in a bottle as well please, a perfume bottle.
The Fue de Bois is exchanged for the Figuier
Candles are always a good thing, but the summer asks for a different fragrance. My favorite has always been Diptyque but where the winter asks for the smell of a burning fireplace, my summer wish is the perfume of ripe figs. Another tip is Flagrant Delice By Terry. Just one whiff of that (the perfume) and I’m transported to the south of Italy.
Always going to bed late
The evenings are longer, kids go to bed later and yet you still wake up before you alarm goes off. In summertime six hours of sleep seems to be more than enough.
That you start mixing
Witte wine suddenly seems boring. We want strawberry daiquiri’s, Long Island Iced teas (very dangerous) and good ol’ gin-tonics. Cheers to summer.
