Lazy days of summer...
The last couple of days I spent thoroughly enjoying the blessings of God's gift of summer.  I sat outside with my coffee and Bible. The fountain bubbled and birds entertained, while the hot June sun warmed my skin and my soul.
From morning until evening, I basked in our green grass, fresh stamped concrete path and flowers in bloom. After supper, I built a bonfire in the firepit, and Caylea and my niece, Charaya, joined me.  As the sun set in a glorious grand finale, we waited for our nightly lighting ceremony.  One by one, our strings of solar-powered lights blinked on, signalling the close of a beautiful day.
While I was recharging my own batteries in the sun's rays, my dear husband was driving up to Big River, and then to Pine Ridge Bible Camp.  On the way north, he saw 4 or 5 bears along the highway.  The day was hot and sunny, perfect for the sod/sand turning ceremony at the camp to dedicate a new building project.  The camp has needed a new dining hall/chapel to replace the faithful but deteriorating buildings that have served since the camp's inception in the 1980's.  With COVID-19 interrupting the kids' programs, the construction can begin now and hopefully be completely closed in by fall. 
My motivation for work and indoor tasks has definitely diminished as I feel that pull of summer.  We booked our cabin for a couple weeks in July and we both are ready for a restful vacation.  I am already mentally packing!
But I do have notes from our recent NCEM Executive meeting to type up.  And some other correspondence to attend to...but I feel the backyard calling me and I may not be able to resist....
          "Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad; let the sea resound, and all that is in it. Let             the fields be jubilant, and everything in them; let all the trees of the forest sing for joy."                                                  Psalm 96:11-12