Dog Days

My notes from August, in brief:

I've been trying to breath it all in, soak the most out of every minute, and drink it all up - the sunshine, the water, the sounds, the friends, the art, the weather, the air, the heat of the day, the cool of the night, the noise of the locusts and the crickets, the bounty of fruits and vegetables, the late-night ball games, the flip-flops tossed on without a second thought, the feeling of sand in your toes and the sun on your shoulders...
 
My God, there is no better season.

Oh, summer.  Slow down, slow down, slow down.