I saw this crepe myrtle on a morning walk. It may be late summer but there are still lovely flowers to see!
This is for the FOTD challenge.
Late Summer Flowers
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Summer Flowers
There have been so many colorful flowers this summer I thought I’d share these pictures. Some are from my garden and others are from walks I’ve taken. It’s also been a wonderful year for hydrangeas – I’ve seen them with pink, blue and white blossoms. Flowers are part of what makes summer so memorable…
Crepe Myrtle in July
While I was out shopping I saw this lovely crepe myrtle next to where my car was parked. It’s a bright and cheery color for the summer!
This is for the FOTD Challenge.
Lake Scenes
I visited Lake Michigan several times during the past year and It changed significantly from season to season. Here are some pictures showing the contrasts.
The winter featured snow and ice on the water.
The summer scenes are much more inviting if you want to swim! Here it’s early in the day and people haven’t arrived yet…
And here’s a picture from last November.
The lake is wonderful to visit any season of the year!
An Ice Cream Adventure
“Here’s your ice cream. Eat it outside.”
Meggie takes the cone.
She wanders into the backyard garden filled with lavender,
butterflies and hydrangeas.
Hummingbirds zigzag.
Ice cream starts dripping.
A bumblebee chases her.
Safe!
Meggie should eat the
melting ice cream.
Then she sees a chipmunk.
A new adventure begins.
This is a story I wrote earlier this year where the limit was 50 words. Although it’s about Meggie it’s definitely fiction – she would never let her ice cream melt!
Something about Vegetables
Some of Meggie’s favorite foods were apples, ice cream, and chicken noodle soup. But she didn’t like most vegetables. She ate carrots and she liked potato chips (which she considered a vegetable). But that was all.
Her mother tried to get her to eat peas, but Meggie hid them in her mashed potatoes. This wasn’t such a good idea because she would sometimes eat mashed potatoes and then she’d accidentally eat some of the peas.
One summer Meggie’s family went to a farmer’s market where there were lots of colorful flowers and produce, including vegetables. Her parents bought some sweet corn (something she really liked) and as they walked around she saw a basket of cucumbers. The person at the booth let her take a slice of one to try. When she bit into it she had a surprise – she liked it! It made her think she might try other vegetables, which she did. But she still doesn’t like peas.
Summer Flowers
During a morning walk in the summer (which seems like such a long time ago) these colorful crepe myrtle flowers brightened up the path. What a cheerful sight!
For the FOTD challenge.
An Ice Cream Story
In the summer Meggie and her family used to drive to an outdoor ice cream stand in Lexington, and she always asked for a cone. She would get a single scoop of frozen-solid ice cream on a spindly cake cone. But when she took one lick the ice cream fell off the cone and landed on the gravel driveway! Meggie promptly burst into tears. Her mother said, “I’ll get a spoon and you can have some of my pistachio ice cream,” but she just didn’t like the flavor and refused to eat any. Since this solution didn’t work Meggie ended up with another little scoop – in a cup this time – with some caramel topping. And happily ice cream is still one of her favorite treats.
There will be more ice cream adventures…
Meggie's Adventures 