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My summer in the sun plans are to garden, take day trips with the kids, wrangle goats (hoof trimming is never an easy task!), laugh over chicken races (the girls run back and forth all day), and bake for the local farmers’ market. Toss in trying to make every minute count and create family memories (kids are growing too fast) and summer will fly by. Thanks for the offer…it’s much appreciated!
I am mostly working in my garden on my days off, with breaks to jump in a snow fed river.
I also hope to get up into the mountains at least once, maybe in time for huckleberries!
The summer has already gotten off to a delightful start by visiting my beloved grandparents 89 & 97 years young. They are in the charming town of Walla Walla, Wa that I’ve been visiting for fifty years. I just had my high school BFF come visit my beach shack for a week and then we headed a couple hours northeast for a cabin in the woods, a delightful girls get a way. Oh, the diverse blessing of living in So Cal! Talk about blessings, the grand finish to my summer will be having my twin sons and one of their girlfriends fly out for my birthday. Lots of sunscreen will be needed for our trips to the beach and back up that mountain! Only organic will do for this holistic esthetician!!
Wishing everyone a joyous summer!! 🌴🌞🌊🌊
After a long, dark and snowy winter in Interior Alaska, the summer brings the warm sun and long, long days with no darkness. My time is spent with my flowers, or in the yard. Seems like I work hard to get things looking beautiful outside and then winter comes again.
Looking forward to a lavender festival this weekend, , a hypertufa class & Renaissance festival in a few weeks. Otherwise, I’ll be enjoying my garden w/ my family, relaxing, grilling, and get a Badminton set for some backyard fun!
We live in southern Colorado, and look forward to going camping in the summer in our little travel trailer. One of our favorite campgrounds is South Mineral just a couple miles north of Silverton.
No beach plans this year but plenty of outdoor fun at home and at out mountain camp.
This would all be great!
Gardening, sitting on the patio with a cold drink, organizing my garage and laundry room. Hopefully, a trip is in my future, as well!
From Chicken Rd to tybee island is 2.5 hours and I plan to take some day trips to the beach. The sea air and salty water is good for the skin and soul 🦀🦋👙
Helping a friend put in an herb garden ! Can’t wait !
I am going to visit the national parks in South Dakota and Montana in July and August!
Venita vasquez
My fun in the sun is caring for my garden & flowers . I do enjoy my summer.
Rest and relaxation
Going to Ruidosa with family to get away from the Texas heat.
My sunny summer plans are rather routine I am afraid. I will enjoy the season around the yardwork and chickens and my job. But everyday I get up and take care of the animals necessities I am grateful for the blessings of where I live.
My plans are to stay home to take care of my animals and play in our pool. Need some sunscreen for this old skin.
I live in a beach community and I work at a lobster shack at the beach. Whenever I do get a day off, I like to be outside enjoying our short Summer season. I’d love to win this prize, first of all to remind me to wear sunscreen and secondly because the other items in the package sound like they’d be delightful after a day in the sun.
By August I will be looking for house-sitting jobs and working on my motorhome for us to have fun in by the fall.
I am going to visit my daughter and her husband in Florida. Fun at the museums and cafes as well as days on the beach.
Berry picking takes a lot of time out in the sun. We will pick salmon berries, high and low bush cranberries, blueberries and fireweed blossoms…all out in the sun. 🙂
I spend a ton of time in the summer (all seasons)
and would love to try it
My summer is going to be spent nursing my husband recovering from ankle surgery. Will be spending time on the deck sunning and reading. Would to try these products.
Missouri weather is ever changing and now heat and humidity are settling in. I am reducing the lawn to native wildflowers and grasses on our urban property. I’m in the yard from 5:30 AM to 1-2 PM most every day. Before my apron goes on I lather up with sunscreen. We’ll be headed out to our farm this weekend to pick blackberries and target shoot. Can’t get enough fresh air and sunshine!
Down on the farm we could use some organic sunscreen while tending the ducks, chickens, goats, and horses. Our short summers are sunny and hot, but always appreciated after the long snow winter. Even the animals seem to know to enjoy the sun while they can here in N. Idaho, but thankfully have hair and feathers for protection.
Pool, pool, and more pool
Went to the Oregon coast a couple of weeks ago for our anniversary! No big traveling summer plans – love to go after kids are back in school. Love summer garden and fruit goodies at our home!
We will be celebrating our 35 th wedding anniversary in September and plan to go on a Hell’s Canyon trip!
No plans this year, we are selling our house and moving!
My summer vacation start with 3 5K runs then it’ s off to Maryland, Virginia and South Carolina to see the sights with family. When home it is working in the garden, hiking, biking and being outside as much as I can with asthma any allergies. All before going back to work August 1 st.
Heading to Alaska at the end of July. Maybe I’ll need sunscreen and maybe I won’t, cuz you never know what to expect while in Alaska! Woohoo! Maybe I’ll see Alex!!!
I LOVE summer and spending time outdoors. I don’t sun bathe anymore and have become more diligent in using sun screen on my face, arms and hands while I garden and have fun on the water kayaking. Love your magazine!
Since I live on a farm, my summer is taken up with a lots of time in the sun. In our area we have musk thistles (a noxious weed) in the grasslands. My job is to make sure I find all of them in our pasture and get rid of them. Even though it is an ugly job, nature and the outdoors is a beautiful place to be.
We are now avid kayakers and plan to spend as much time enjoying our new hobby as possible.
No formal vacation plans, but with my 2 young boys playing summer soccer and travel baseball I will be baking on a treeless field somewhere and in dire need of sun protection!!
I am planning to get creative with my exercise routine (or if I’m completely honest, a lack of exercise routine) this summer. I have just purchased a paddleboard so I can do yoga on the water. Never mind that I have a hard enough time doing it on land. Details, Details!
Canning garden produce usually takes up my whole summer
My summer plan is to revitalize my fixer upper farm property in CT. Although this may not be fun to some -it’s relaxing and rewarding to see the small but big changes in a once productive apple farm that ended up neglected and sad. I hope to have a productive roadside stand by next year !
Go, Debbie, God bless your efforts!!
I plan to stay out of the sun as much as possible, I get sunburned hanging out clothes
We will be camping in our T@b camper, purchased because we were impressed with
your sweet T@bitha trailer. Need to protect our skin.
My sons and I spend our weekends on the beach or dock swimming and playing. Then when we can we go out on the boat for a ride!
Branson with family from all over the country! AND, a wedding in MN, AND, wedding in St. Louis! 🙂
I am enjoying my summer in the sun by harvesting raspberries and blackberries, watching the wrens and hummingbirds in my backyard, and spending time with family and friends. What a wonderful time of the year.
Taking care of chickens and beehives. New grandbaby due in Aug !
Going to Oregon in August with my hubby for the solar eclipse (so I guess we could say this will be about 2 minutes NOT in the sun).
Otherwise, I walk our canyon for exercise and pick up the trash as I go.
I am going to Oregon in August with my hubby for the solar eclipse on the 21st (so I guess we could say this will be about 2 minutes NOT in the sun!)
Otherwise, I walk our canyon for the exercise and pick up the trash as I go.
Lisa Bell.
You sound amazing!
Have a great season!
I am going to start running again after taking a few years off. This would come in handy.
Beach, lakes, kayaking and paddle boarding. Hop on my motorcycle and explore.
The very best, most gratifying and reflective days are the ones I spend at home, either in our 117 year old home and our 3/4 acre of vegetables and flowers. Like friends I know, we grew into adults in the 1960’s but we have all found our place to rest.
On a day like that, I can leisurely work on the many unfinished projects in my rec room, ranging from cherished photos waiting to be dressed in scrapbook pages, or sewing projects needed to be completed. That is the beauty of retirement.
There is a dappled green, ancestral land calling to me and my husband and I will be there soon. The sun today is dazzling, perfected by a cooling breeze, but in September we will be in enchanting Ireland, almost a half a world away.
Each sunny day, I count each day closer to our trip, but I am also reluctant to let go of these golden days spent in my gardens and taking late afternoon walks with our three doggies. Our children are grown and these doggies take their place as our kids!
So, I will spend my summer partially in the moment but also dreaming of the September to come. How God has blessed us so each day with a place of retreat and peace we so enjoy.