DEBORAH CROMBIE: I have to admit to feeling little pangs of envy over other people's summer vacation plans. Everyone seems to be lounging by the pool, or going to the beach. Even camping sounds pretty idyllic to this non-camper, after a year and a half of being stuck at home. But as I am chained to my desk for the rest of the summer--which is flying by--I thought I'd see what I could do to make the most of my stay-cation.
Except for one horrible week in June, the weather hasn't been too bad (at least for north Texas) with temps in the low to mid-nineties rather than high nineties or over a hundred.
My dog knows how to enjoy summer!
Well, I'm not rolling in the grass, but she sets a good example, and I could do better.
My patio is an oasis in the mornings. But I was hardly sticking my nose outside except to water, so I resolved to put up my patio umbrella every morning and just sit for a bit, pretending I'm at an exotic resort.
The breeze blows, the fountain burbles, and I even have my own spa! It's amazing what a little cool water can do.
I put on my garden hat.
I've stocked up on Gatorade. (Which only tastes good when you are really, really hot, but when you are really, really hot, it is THE thing.)
I'm smelling the roses. (That's my newest, David Austin's Boscobel. And it does actually smell divine.)
I'm reminding myself to enjoy the summer display in the rest of the garden. I do too much work in the spring to just ignore it at the height of its glory.
I won't say it's the same as a week in Cancun, but hanging out Chez Debs is not all that bad. Now if an ice cream truck would just come by with a Dreamsicle, it would be perfection...
REDS and readers, how do you do make the most of summer at home?
