Tales from Bloggeritaville: Summer Time!

It's Summer! I just LOVE summertime!
Darlene at Our Creative Life is hosting an "I LOVE SUMMER" party today.
Let's CELEBRATE Summer! Come party with me and other "party goers" and share the LOVE for summer, summertime recipes, favorite summer vacations, favorite summer decor, activities, etc.!!
I already have my "summer music" on my sidebar. Turn it up and sing along as I take you on a "tour of summer". I am celebrating with Photos. Photos of what summer means to me....I am sure you will agree that these photos are all about "summer".

Be sure to check out my favorite summer dishes:
Greek Marinated Shrimp
Drunken Chicken
The Best Fish
LA Caviar
Picnic Fare
Tropical Salad
Cucumber & Tomato Salad
Starwberry Shortcake

And many more can be found at my recipe blog, Plates and Places.

Thanks for dropping by my Summer Kick off Party! Leave me a "roadmap" and I will be certain to drop by your blog! Thanks for dropping by Bloggeritaville. I appreciate it!

I would like to invite you to come back tomorrow evening and link up to the 20th edition of Thrifty Thursday- the day we get show and tell all about our thrifty finds! Everyone is invited. Just grab a button on my sidebar for Thrifty Thursday or Bloggeritaville. Come back Wednesday evening and link up so all our guest can visit.

I am going to use this as my Outdoor Wednesday post. To see more outdoor post visit our gracious host, Susan at A Southern Day Dreamer!

In the meantime-Enjoy your Summer! Thanks again for stopping by, my friend!
To visit more Summertime Party goers, Click Here. Thanks to Darlene for hosting!

Words of Wisdom

"Older and wiser voices can always help you find the right path, if you are only willing to listen."-Jimmy Buffett

Sea Joy
When I go down by the sandy shore,I can think of nothing I want moreThan to live by the booming blue seaAs the seagulls flutter round about me.
I can run around when the tide is outWith the wind and the sand and the sea all about,And the seagulls are swirling and diving for fish.Oh, to live by the sea is my only wish.
- Jacqueline Bouvier

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines, Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream." --- Mark Twain

The cure for anything is salt water---sweat, tears, or the sea. ~Isak Dinesen

I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do everything through him who gives me strength.Philippians 4:12,13 NIV

Live a good life and in the end it's not the years in the life, it's the life in the years.~ Abe Lincoln

Let your boat of life be light Packed with only what you need --A homely home and simple pleasures,One or two friends, worth the name,Someone to love and someone to love you,A cat, a dog, and a pipe or two,Enough to eat and enough to wear,And a little more than enough to drink...For thirst is a dangerous thing.
-- Jerome K Jeromefrom "Three Men in a Boat"

The love of God is like the ocean, you can see its beginnings but not its end.

"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."
~Eleanor Roosevelt

"We can make our plans,But the LORD determinesour steps" Proverbs 16:9

"Let us not forget what is best remembered or may we not remember what is best forgotten."

"Fish and overnight guest stink after three days."
~plaque at Fish Camp Restaurant, Orange Beach, Alabama

"We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings having a human being experience."

"A friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future and accepts you today just the way you are."
Proverbs 27:17

The happiest people don't have the best of everything, they just make the best of everything they have. The richest person is not the one who has the most, but the one who needs the least.

Live simply. Love generously. Care Deeply. Speak Kindly. Leave the Rest to God.

Worry is a robber of time and energy. Take comfort within that God's power is what we truly need. He knows our needs before we can even ask for them.

If you worry, you didn't pray. If you prayed, don't worry. Faith is the ability to not panic.

Don't "find" a religion. "Find" your relationship with God.
~Bill Burgess

"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great ones make you feel that you, too, can become great."-Mark Twain

19 comments:

Chandy said...: Loved all of those pictures! Summer does bring fun times! I love all the ones in the water, that's my favorite part of Summer! I posted about making rootbeer floats, does that count? LOL; June 2, 2009 at 12:00 AM
Bama Belle said...: Summer loving to you!; June 2, 2009 at 12:12 AM
Denise Vakili Fine Art said...: Yes, and meanwhile we have nothing but fog and rain down here in Sunny San Diego. Boo hoo. At least we have Bloggeritaville! A girl can dream! C'mon, sun, get out here!; June 2, 2009 at 12:45 AM
Keetha Broyles said...: Here's my contribution:

Summertime
George and Ira Gershwin / DuBose Heyward

Summertime and the livin' is easy
Fish are jumpin'
And the cotton is fine
Oh your daddy's rich
And your mammy's good lookin'
So hush little baby, don't you cry.

One of these mornings
You're goin' to rise up singing
Then you'll spread your wings
And you'll take the sky
But till that morning
There's a nothin' can harm you
With daddy and mammy standin' by!; June 2, 2009 at 5:37 AM
RN and OSHP said...: Great Pictures!!! I want to go to the beach...Right Now :); June 2, 2009 at 6:24 AM
Susan said...: I love all those pictures..... we need to relax together soon... since it's summer and all!; June 2, 2009 at 7:45 AM
Kelly said...: Love your summer faves, Leigh. Of course, I knew I would! Have a great Tueday!; June 2, 2009 at 7:51 AM
Deb said...: great summer photos...can tell you love summer...; June 2, 2009 at 8:14 AM
Darlene - Our Creative Life said...: Love all your summer photos! Thanks for particating in my Summer Party!!

Have a Wonderful Summer!!
Darlene; June 2, 2009 at 8:21 AM
Darlene said...: I just stopped by from the party! Your slideshow shows a lot of fun summertime things!! What fun!; June 2, 2009 at 8:28 AM
Unknown said...: That looks like sooo much fun! Happy Summer to you, too!; June 2, 2009 at 8:33 AM
Mari said...: I love summer too!; June 2, 2009 at 8:54 AM
Chandy said...: You know, I'll be there... Thrifty is my middle name! Isn't Thrifty your middle name, too? I think that's why we get along so well- two classy ladies with great taste but thin wallets! LOL

See you next post that's for sure!; June 2, 2009 at 12:16 PM
Cindy (Applestone Cottage) said...: Really nice pics Leigh,
Your kids are so darn cute! Love Jimmy Buffet too. Cindy; June 2, 2009 at 7:17 PM
The Quintessential Magpie said...: Leigh, I lived my whole life when I was little for summer. I loved it from the minute is started and missed it from the minute it stopped. These pictures are perfect.

Now that I'm "old" LOL!, I have morphed into a lover of late fall here in Florida and also early spring. But those pictures really remind me of why I lived for summer.

XO,

Sheila... of course it helped that I was a creature of water and never got out of the water except to ride horses or my bike or maybe to ski behind the boat! ;-); June 3, 2009 at 9:10 AM
Rachel said...: Gorgeous pics! We're going down to the beach next weekend. . . you're helping me look forward to it!; June 5, 2009 at 7:57 AM
Valerie said...: Great pics will definitely try out the Drunken Chicken!!; June 5, 2009 at 5:10 PM
Elaina said...: Oh, mom, I look so stupid in those pictures except for one! >:) By the way, this is "Sister Sledge." Grrr! I hate that name, mom .. or "Leigh." *SOB!* Why'd ye name me THAT? hee; June 6, 2009 at 8:57 PM
j said...: OK, your daughter is the most charming young lady - I love her comment!

I missed this post somehow!! I want to make a slide show and I know you use it so I came to your blog to find it aaaaaand... I found this post! Very summery!

I hope that your weekend was wonderful Leigh.; June 7, 2009 at 10:16 PM

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