Definite favorites . . .

"I'm going to memorize your name and throw my head away."
-- Oscar Levant

"I hate women because they always know where things are."
-- James Thurber

"Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something."
-- Pancho Villa

The taste of summer . . .

I love the very, very initial onset of summer where the temperatures are still bearable yet we can almost leave off with sweaters and socks. I know that during some of the cold times, we longed for hot, hot, and more hot weather but this brief interlude is my favorite time of the year.

I think I equate the taste of summer with the first blackberries of the season from our garden. We didn't do anything to particularly earn this treat. Blackberries are a hardly bunch and with some water and sunshine, the are ready to brighten a day. I have a bowl of them here, right now, and it certainly brings summer to mind.

I know! In a few months, I will be complaining about the heat and our lack of air conditioning but I'm going to enjoy the NOW to the fullest.