I came across a little pile of 14 cards under a stack of books on the ottoman. Apparently Sam compiled these at some point this summer before he left, just because. It was a delicious little dose of his sense of humor and randomness:

(we really do call his barber Tim the Shrubber. Just a little Monty Python reference, you know.)

The other lists are equally charming and quirky. Oh, we miss that boy...

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In that same spirit (and since I do love a good list as much as the next gal) I'll add a few random things of my own:

Summer loves:

• Crates full of CSA veg (mint! corn! cucumbers! potatoes! zucchini! loads of greens!)
• Loads of salads (see above)
• Streaming shows and movies on Amazon prime for FREE (Hasta la vista, Netflix?)
• Dog walks (Louie got skunked so now we walk rather than send him out in back to meet Mrs. Skunk and her five babies again)
• Spotify Joinjoinjoin. It's like Pandora but you can listen to whatever you want + create playlists
• Smores bars. I made these for my sunday school class. Oh, Minerva. They are goooood.
• Air conditioning.
• Long evenings. 

Still dreaming to do this summer:

• see the new Harry Potter movie (waiting for Sam to see it with me)
• Refresh my French (it's in there somewhere...)
• Revive calligraphying
• Decide on room reassignments and decorating 
• Drive-in movie 
• A little getaway with G
• Have an outdoors dinner party

Good reads I'm still thinking about:

• My blogland friend's (although she doesn't know me at all...I just read her blog and imagine we're friends, you know?) young daughter survived a shark attack. Amazing tale.
• Russell Brand's commentary on Amy Winehouse's death  was insightful
• Kristen Duke's hints on how to pose in photos: much appreciated
• Anne's commentary on text vs. in person relationships; this is something L and I have talked about a lot, too.