I love, love, love this time of year.
In the afternoons, when the mister gets home from work, we often gravitate outside where the heat of the day is cooling into a pleasant afternoon. The light is just right, the cares of the day are over, and there’s a window of time to hang out before the dinner/bath/bed business ramps up. We kick a ball around while chatting about our day. We do some yard tidying (well, Veggie Dad does, I’m more the veggie patch girl), Biggie wanders around inspecting bits and pieces and giving her dad a hand. A pudgy, dimpled hand. I like to think about what I’m going to do with the yard and garden when Smalls is a little older and I have a little more time. Lots of flowers. More fruit trees. A wooden cubby house.
I love the muted blue of the afternoon sky. It’s not accompanied by blaring heat, it’s a little bit wispy with cloud, and the sunlight is just plain pretty. It makes the green in the garden just that much greener. It’s nice to stop for a minute and remember stuff like this. Life with a newborn can be a bit frantic. Throw in a toddler finding her independence and and permanent markers, and days can just rush by with nary a thought for relaxed al fresco afternoons. It’s so much nicer to get out there, even if we’re just sitting and watching.
Nobody sees you with your frizzy hair and no-makeuped freckle-ass face (unless of course, you have a blog, then several thousand people will!). You can just take your edible baby and make her tiny little feet kick a tiny little soccer ball and I can guarantee it will bring a smile to your no-makeuped face. You can put a leaf in her hand. Point out birds and things she can’t see anyway but hey, who cares? It’s cute.
Everybody has a good time on summer evenings.
Well, mostly everybody.
Do you?
Michelle Lisle says
December 13, 2012 at 7:51 amI have to agree with you, those are the times of day I love best in summer as well and hopefully we’ll get some soon because at the moment we are having major thunder storms with plenty of rain….it may as well be July here but I’m sure the heat will be back soon xo
Veggie Mama says
December 13, 2012 at 9:09 pmWe are having quite grey days but no real thunderstorms… well, not for ages. I do love a good storm, but only after it’s been a nice day!
Nikki | Styling You says
December 13, 2012 at 8:21 amBahahaha … VB 2’s face? Priceless!
Veggie Mama says
December 13, 2012 at 9:08 pmShe’s fricken hilarious! Getting such a personality now, so adorable.
Missus Sabbatical says
December 13, 2012 at 10:33 amI do – i love these evenings, faffing doing stuff and nothing until it is time for the real stuff like the night routine. love it and am jealous of the freckles ; )
Veggie Mama says
December 13, 2012 at 9:08 pmYou are not. It looks like someone shit on my face through a strainer. But the faffing… oh how do I love to faff.
Traci Sparkle says
December 13, 2012 at 11:10 amSo beautiful and SO incredibly jealous that you actually have summer evenings up there. No such luck in miserable Sydney.
Veggie Mama says
December 13, 2012 at 9:08 pmBah! City dwelling! Who’d do it? (ha probably me next year but let’s not think about that right now!)
Lisa mckenzie says
December 13, 2012 at 11:41 amThose pics of you and your family are beautiful and you look lovely with no makeup on,freckles and all and I especially love the one where you are holding Pepper,gorgeous.I love a summer evening too,but especially love when I am having my cup of camomile tea before bed when the stars are out and the you can smell the marayas(Don’t know if I spelt that right )and the jasmine and gargenia’s it is the most wonderful smell I wish they could bottle it,I sit on the verandah out the back and soak up the dew and the smells just before bed ,I like my quiet times and also in the morning when everything is fresh with my cup of coffee,love summer…love how you have captured a late afternoon
Veggie Mama says
December 13, 2012 at 9:07 pmOh jasmine and gardenias are my absolute favourite! Aren’t they gorgeous at night? I love a chamomile in the evening, sitting outside in the quiet. Thank you so much for your kind words, you always have such lovely things to say x
Lisa mckenzie says
December 14, 2012 at 12:09 pmYes they are beautiful,and your welcome,I only say nice things cause they are true,have a lovely weekend xx
Mother Down Under says
December 13, 2012 at 3:20 pmI love summer afternoons too…for all of the same reasons.
We all head down to the back yard…Toddler C follows Daddy R around and I throw a ball for the dog.
It is just so relaxing…it always feels like the afternoon will be endless,
Veggie Mama says
December 13, 2012 at 9:06 pmAnd before you know it, it’s kiddo bedtime!
workingwomenaustralia says
December 13, 2012 at 3:33 pmI love summer evenings because it means we’re outside in the pool until well after an acceptable hour. The kids sleep like logs because they’ve been utterly worn out, and a BBQ filled with veggies will be known as dinner. Best time of year. AS for VB’s face? So cute!
Veggie Mama says
December 13, 2012 at 9:06 pmA pool! yes please! And yeah… how good is the wearing out of children?!
Ali says
December 14, 2012 at 3:21 amWhat a beautiful post and reflection. Those moments are so precious and priceless. 🙂 It’s not summer where I’m at in the world, but one of my favorite things when it is summer is backyard BBQs. The smell, the chatter, the warmth of the sun, the taste. I love it all.
On a completely unrelated note, I wanted to let you know that I tagged you in the Liebster Award. If you haven’t heard about it yet, you can read about it on my blog today. Basically it’s just a fun, community-building survey being passed around from blogger to blogger. Feel free to participate or not. 😀
Veggie Mama says
December 14, 2012 at 10:37 pmOMG FUN! Off to check!
Renee at Mummy, Wife, Me says
December 11, 2014 at 10:49 pmJust gorgeous
Pinky Poinker says
December 13, 2014 at 11:31 amBeautiful Stacey. Those memories are so precious. I hope you don’t mind me saying this but have you seen that TV program Resurrection? The doctor on it (Devin Kelley) really reminds me of you. She could be your sister.
Veggie Mama says
December 27, 2014 at 3:18 pmJesus! I bet I would look like that if I got any sleep in the next century 😉