It is such a lovely night.

As I drove to my parents house in anticipation of our departure to Lake Powell tomorrow (whew- nice sentence) I thought about how nice everything around me is.

The boy and is father driving behind me, laughing and goofing around. The child- must've been three or four- watering his front lawn with the hose while wearing a popcicle smile. The smell of warm grass and sprinklers. The seeds blowing through the dappled sunlight as I exited the freeway. The horses and their foals and their smells too. The fresh sound of happy birds. Children playing. Lawn mowers.

I realize how blessed I am. I can see, hear, feel, taste and most of all smell. (I love smelling!) (Things.. you know. What I meant.)

I am grateful.

And I love summer.