The Good Stuff: Summertime

Boy, do I like absolutely love summer.
You know Luke Bryan‘s lyric “…drunk on you, and high on summertime…“?
Well that’s my relationship with summertime. Call me cheesy, but my feelings toward summer are the same as Lorelei Gilmore’s  feelings towards snow {which ironically I hate,} it’s just magical.
This list is actually pretty hard to not run away with. Most of the items warrant their own subcategory list. Or I could go on and on about summer here, in Oregon, when I was a kid, yada, yada, yada. You get the picture.

Summer here in Kansas took a little while to show up but by now it is full swing and I am soaking up every bit of it.
Here are 50 things that are good about summer in my book.
What do you love about summer?

1. Huge fireworks shows
2. 4th of July {My favorite holiday!}
3. Clear starry nights
4. Grilling and backyard BBQ’s
5. Fireflies
6. Rodeos
7. Watching crops grow
8. The camaraderie of harvest time
9. EVERYTHING about the county fair
10. Sitting out on the porch
11. Sun kissed cheeks and getting new freckles
12. Watermelon, corn on the cob, BLTTC’s, grilled asparagus
13. Sun-bleached hair
14. Leinenkugel’s Summer Shandy
15. Racer back tank tops and cut off shirts
16. Picking berries
17. Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald’s “Summertime”
18. Funny tan lines
19. Finding that perfect pair of cheap sunglasses
20. Wearing boots with dresses
21. Homemade sun tea
22. Fishing and camping
23. Time spent up at The Diggins {my family’s cabin}
24. Farmers markets
25. Watching summer storms roll in
26. Going to sleep when its still light outside
27. Sonic’s “Summer of Shakes”
28. The fact that sundresses are as comfy as yoga pants
29. Random summer TV series
30. Driving with the windows rolled down
31. The smell of aloe vera
32. Cheap flip flops and  cute sandals
33. Men’s swim trunks that have funny or weird patterns
34. Outside concerts
35. Early mornings before it gets hot out
36. How it smells during twilight, after the heat has passed
37. Farmer tans
38. Walking through rows of corn that are taller than you
39. Losing track of time
40. Bright summer colors
41. Memories spent in Nevada with cousins at Grandpa and Grandma Spoo
42. Memories of lazy days spent in the yard or pool at Gramps and Grams
43. Not wearing any makeup
44. Messy braids and ball caps
45. Otter pops
46. Wedding season
47. Going barefoot
48. An empty and laid-back night in Aggieville
49. The fascination that country music has with singing about summer
50. Spontaneous free spirits

Hope everyone is having a wonderful summer!