it’s hard to start when there’s been such a long break.  my brain somehow doesn’t know how to put words together.

so, i’ll just say that although a sweater has been worn for the last few days –  summer is here.  when the calendar turns to june everyone decides it’s time to vacation and relax and do everything out of the ordinary.  while most of my family is out of town, i’m spending my second evening down the road at my sister’s yellow ranch house.  it’s my own way of saying i can live in a vacation sort of mode even though i leave every morning for a day in the office.

i love summer.  so much.  speaking of summer, it’s meals like this that make my summertime heart happy: