It's Summer!

The umbrellas are up...

...the cushions are ready for lazing or reading...

...and the pool is warm and inviting. 

The hydrangea are as blue as the sky (thanks to True Blue), and...

...even the baby birds are blue. These are right outside the kitchen door (okay, we all know blue jays are not the brightest bulbs in the tanning bed) but mom and babies seem not to mind our trips past them to get to the pool, the compost, the entire back yard...I think they need a new real estate agent. Wally thinks they need voice lessons (they do have an annoying screech) and the harried parents think they need to grow up and learn to find their own damned dinner.

It is gloriously emphatically summer - finally!