Even without the sweltering heat outside, my house bears all the inside markings of the arrival of summer:

- Damp bathing suits hanging on every available doorknob.

- A bowl of fresh cherries sitting in the middle of the dining room table, their skins as smooth and polished as rubies.

- Remnants of sunscreen behind my baby boy’s ears.

- My little girl’s hair a permanent tangle of seawater, chlorine, salt and wind.

- Wild hydrandrea bushes in full bloom outside the kitchen window; flowers as large around as my hand, white as cotton balls.

- Fruitflies emerging from nowhere, circling lazily overhead, drifting from room to room.

- Frozen, chocolate-dipped banana chunks laid out on sheets of waxed paper in the freezer.

- The smell of sun - a pale, lemony scent - in every single room.

Long may summer reign!

Onward, always.

CG

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