SUMMER IS HERE!

Summer is NOT my favorite time of year, but have to admit it's much more tolerable here in the mountains than it was in Florida! Less heat, & less thunderstorms!
Even in the summertime, there's much to be thankful for.
This little poem paints a pretty good picture of life here in 'God's country'.

GOD'S COUNTRY

Give me green rolling hills,

Give me pies cooling

on windowsills...

Give me birds chatting

on telephone poles,

And corn growing midsummer

in patterned rows.

Give me crickets chirping

on warm summer nights,

And children and picnics

and firefly lights...

Give me cows grazing

and sleeping all day,

And children barefooted

and tanned at play.

Give me church socials

and watermelons, please,

And general stores

and swimming holes

and fresh garden peas.

Give me all this,

round the hillside I roam,

And I'll gladly share it all with you

in my country home.

--Barbara Jean Kissel