Summertime

In honor of the first day of summer, my friend Karen and I played hopscotch on the sidewalk on Greenmount Avenue. I have deep fondness for summertime, inspired by memories of my Mama and Papa's house in Dillsburg, PA. My three sisters and I nearly lived there over the summer vacation. We spent our days barefoot, playing kickball, hopscotch and jacks, or jumping rope on the black-topped driveway. We shelled peas and snipped beans, all freshly harvested from my grandparent's lush garden. In the evenings, we chased lightning bugs and sipped my Mama's Pink Lassies (a yummy milkshake of ice cream orange and cranberry juices.) Those days are filled with good memories I will always cherish!