the new crocodile in the pool has made everyone happy.
my holly hocks and purple coneflowers are blooming.
kids love bubbles.
these pictures are funny because less than an hour before we’d had a hail storm….pretty wild.
they looked like ping pong balls bouncing all over the yard.
so weird.
my girls are so nervous about storms that i am just ready for this storm season to be gone.
i love the rain.
and all the dark clouds and thunder but they don’t….too scary.
we are checking off our summer list….check check check.
crafts and bike rides and sonic runs….
summer is my fave.
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גני אירועים בחדרה - I like summer most. There are changed the environment in summer and change season. The mood is very romantic at every evening with some special friend.
Jenna - Summer is the BEST. Love the bubbles! When it hails like that, it always seems to me like it is being spit up from the ground rather than falling from the sky …
Mollie - I love the flower pics! I just got a Canon T3i for fun and to grow my photography hobby. I have NO idea what I’m doing yet, though. Can you explain how we got those colors in those pics? Was it camera settings or editing software? Any quick advice would be awesome!! all your photos are great!
Ana - Aaaah, your house, YOUR HOUSE!!! Just dreamy.
Loni - Love the energy in the weather before a storm. We have moody weather here in Texas too!
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Lindsay - so…i totally feel like a stalker. i happened upon your blog via lifeingrace. i LOVE your pictures, then noticed the donut whole and realized you live near by…only to see your house in the background of the bubble pictures…you live around the corner from me! LOVE the blog, feel free to email me seeing as how we’re neighbors!!!
Jemm - Love your summer pics!! Ha ha I posted about Kansas weather today too 🙂
Southern Gal - That one long bubble looks like a foot with toes! Cool pictures.
amy - ahhhhh…..summer. love every little thing about it. well-except the humidity…and the whining.. : ) hahahaha and bu-bye john rambo!!!!
Kristy - love summer too!!! love your photo’s meg. love the bubbles too. heck, i love it all!!
Gemma @ Musings of a gem - Just to let you ladies know I’m having a little giveaway on my blog.
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Gemma x
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alicia @ la famille - um…hi! i’m back. what’s up with this john rambo?! i saw he commented on another post of yours. go ahead…boycott us, dude. i’m sure none of us will mind!!
anyway, just wanted to tell you i did the butterfly project with my kiddos and posted on it today 🙂 just thought you might want to take a peek!
Tiffany - Your flowers are so pretty. its like they are right here with me, popping out the screen. summer is my fav season too, I always thought it was because I’m a Summer baby.
(oh no John Rambo is baaaaaaaaaaaaack!)
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Gemma @ Musings of a gem - Hi Meg!
Love your ‘soft’ pictures, they are very relaxing : )
That weather is crazy!
Gemma xXx
http://musings-of-a-gem.blogspot.com/
leonieke - i’m a bit jealous; reading this summerblog while outside it’s raining so hard here in the netherlands,… no summer here!
enjoy yours!
christine e-e - your bubble pics… amazing! your daughter’s expression is priceless. those blue shoes = adorable… are you wearing them or do they belong to another person in your family?
shauna - indoor framing? in. your. framing.
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shauna - dude. these are my favorite photos i’ve ever seen you take.
you are getting good little momma!
i love the creativity indoor framing and the editing…
james - your pictures take my breath away. they are just amazing.
meaghan - what the crap! your pictures look amazing! what have you done??
Jess - LOVE the picture of Annie on the crocodile!
Jeannette in Plant City, Fl - My 5 year old was looking at the pictures of your beautiful flowers with me and when I scrolled down she screamed ” that’s my bathing suit too” and ” mommy I want to make BIG bubbles in my bathing suit just like Annie” it was too cute!!! We live in Florida and summer and afternoon thunderstorms go hand in hand…..I love them, as long as I’m not driving in them 🙂
Lindsey - Love the processing on these photos… I can see the hazy summer heat.
Kimberly Dial - Summer is my fave too but I’m with your girls when it come to storms. They occur all to often in the summer here in WV too & I’m not a fan! :/
Kimberly Dial - Summer is my fave too but I’m with your girls when it come to storms. They occur all to often in the summer here in WV too & I’m not a fan! :/
hannah - delightful. these photos make my heart sing! summer is my fave, too 😉
rosita - beautiful pictures. i love the hollyhocks!
Margaret - Great flower pics! I LOVE summer storms–we’ve been having sunny skies in the morning and then afternoon/evening thunderstorms and they have been so nice…they don’t keep me from going crazy inside with my little one all day and they give off the perfect after dinner movie watching/snuggling atmosphere in the evening.
melissa from two little tots - summer is my fave too, but we have had so much rain and cold weather, it doesn’t feel like summer around here. i wish we could put on our swimsuits, play in the water and in bubbles! love the pictures!
Carolyn - Beautiful flower pictures! Happy Wednesday!
Amanda - summer is my fave too. long days, lots of sun. kids can be outside most of the day.
we outlawed bubbles at our house last summer. our boys couldn’t figure out how to not just pour out the giant 2 gallon jug. rrrr
their 5 now, maybe we can give them another shot. making those giant bubbles looks so dang fun!!
nice new running shoes! are you running in this heat?
Erin Kirby - what lens did you use in the photo with all of the hail on the ground? i love the depth of field! what were the settings? thanks!
Anne McD - ….sigh….your photos make me want to move to Kansas 🙂
Nancy - ahh to be a kid, frolicking with bubbles. those summer evenings are just the best. we just started summer and have June Gloom here. A tad of a bummer.
I have a rainbow art project on my blog that is inspired by your love of all things rainbow. Check it out if you get a chance. Happy bubbles to yoU!
Amber - summer is my fave, too. these pics are DREAMY.
Emily - Oh, the late evening lighting!!! I love it. The rosy color of the flowers, your house lit up, your kids with bubbles…Idyllic. 🙂
Janelle - i entered to win the 100$ dicks gift card and thought my first post didn’t go through so i reposted, to find out the first one DID go through so now i have 2 posts. Don’t know how to remove the first one, so if you can somehow that’d be great, cause i would love to still be eligible to win the giftcard! Thanks! 🙂 Love your blog!
Stephanie - LOVE the bubble pictures!!! Annie’s facial expressions are priceless!! The big bubble in the 4th picture looks like a gigantic foot with toes! Awesome! I find blowing bubbles very relaxing! I too would love to know the secret to the coloring on the bubble pics!! They are fabulous! <3 🙂
tara pollard pakosta - I love summer but we are sick of storms here in the western suburbs of chicago! DONE with it!!!
xoxo
tara
alicia @ la famille - oh summer is my absolute fave too! and just look at your house in the background of those bubble pics! i want a tour, ms. meg! the storms have been so crazy lately, haven’t they!!?!
Alisa - Have you ever read Thundercake by Patricia Polacco? It is one of my favorites, because (at 41) I am not a big fan of storms either.
Kate @ Songs Kate Sang - Those photos are beautiful!
Kristy - Such beautiful pics Meg! I love the one with Annie and the bubbles and your beautiful house all lit up in the background. I’m also wondering if you used photoshop on the bubble ones?? I like the curve of those photos too. I remember awhile back you said you don’t use photoshop. Maybe Picnik?
Leah - Hey Meg! My daughter and I got crafty with the butterfly art idea. You are so right it’s the best crafts! Thanks for the inspiration. Check it out: http://leahsthoughts.com/2011/06/21/getting-creative-butterfly-wall-art/
Candice - How fun! I so wish we had a yard or even some kind of outdoor space for my kids, we live in an apt. and it has no outdoor area of any kind so we cant do anything fun like this:( but I can live through your photos, which by the way are AMAZING! I cant wait for the day we can have at least a patio to play on! thanks for sharing.
kylie - Love your pics!! Did you use a photoshop action on the one of Annie and the bubbles?? If so, I’d LOVE to knonw which one!!
Jenna - b.e.a.utiful! pics!
Jenna
Valerie @ Chateau A La Mode - Summer is so my fave too!
Secret Mom Thoughts - I love summer too!
Laura Phelps - LAST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR US TODAY!
WOO HOO
bring on SUMMER!!!
and when I see your pictures, I still can not believe I was at your house..almost to the year!!!!
good summer memory….
Terrie - Love the flower pics! I just got done shooting some of mine and a visitor in my backyard. Who said turtles are slow? Kids love bubbles? So do some of us adults! Especially the BIG ones!! LOL!!
amy kolz - i love this post. the pictures are beautiful. i live on the ocean and yet, this post, these photos, made me feel all summery today.
amy
http://www.amykolz.com
Holly - I am loving summer also! We have had our share of wild storms here lately. I love them and so does my boy. We should be storm chasers!
Oursoutherngrace.blogspot.com - these pictures are fantastic! Captures the essence of summer per.fect.ly.
Jodi @ The Un-Soccermom Blog - Adults love bubbles too! At least this adult does. :o)
Karen Lehmann - i want that bubble wand!
julia - The black and white pic is FANTASTIC!
Chantelle - mmm, i wish i could chomp on those hail balls! summer ROCKS!
mandy madison - The photo of Annie with the goggles is pricesless! Adorable.
happygirl - I LOVE your hollyhocks and coneflowers. I miss having flowers. Something about working full-time and living in the woods is detrimental to flowers. Love the tone of your pics. Is it a special filter or setting or just the lighting (recent storm lighting)? Anyway. I’m glad you are having a good summer. I am too.