I was shopping at the grocery store the other day when
I heard some one calling for Summer.
What piqued my interest was her reply that she was coming, I was looking for Summer also, after the cool, wet week of decidedly un-summer like weather we had just gone through.
I looked up the aisle expecting to see sunshine, and shimmering heat coming towards me, but all I saw was a tiny little ballerina bowling down the cookie aisle.
I've met Summer, and she is quite the going concern. Petite, her hair with it's golden brown highlights bouncing as she jumped up and down. Asking her Grandma give her the best cookies, the brown and white ones. Giggling as she helped to unload the grocery basket. Each task eliciting more giggles from her, she is definitely in the "helpful stage" of her life.
Her parents choose well, when they picked her name. She is the personification of the season.
Joy, love, giggles, and golden highlights.
I've met Summer, and she is quite the going concern. Petite, her hair with it's golden brown highlights bouncing as she jumped up and down. Asking her Grandma give her the best cookies, the brown and white ones. Giggling as she helped to unload the grocery basket. Each task eliciting more giggles from her, she is definitely in the "helpful stage" of her life.
Her parents choose well, when they picked her name. She is the personification of the season.
Joy, love, giggles, and golden highlights.
Summer, glad to meet you.
Ya well come the teenage years they will reconsider and call her Winter.
ReplyDeleteIn the 70's my BIL lived in Kits and their neighbors called their daughter Morning Dew.
What a lovely name!
ReplyDeleteMy Wednesday words went up yesterday... It's called Leafy Thoughts...
What a lovely post, Jen. :-) Yes, I think Summer would be a lovely name for such a little girl.
ReplyDeleteI thought the same thing as you were describing her. The little girl sounds like the personification of Summer. How lovely.
ReplyDeleteHave you ever researched the meaning of your name? I have. It's quite interesting. Mine is a derivative of Charles and means Noble Heart.
BTW...I know where you found those beautiful flowers. *smile* I got a photo of them too, however, mine pales in comparison to yours. Especially the last one. Beautiful!
Carolynn, are you talking about the double cosmo's. The bright pink flowers in today's post? Where did you find some more?
ReplyDeleteI bought these seeds from a Dutch seed company that I have never heard of before, and everything is amazing that I planted. And the best part, the seeds were 2 for 1. I am saving seeds, and will send you some if you like. I love them!
Jen
Lori, I have always wondered what happened to the people who grew up with such unusual names....marshmallow skye, morning dew, green leaf trembling?
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What a sweet post. I like that name - Summer.
ReplyDeleteMy daughter name is April and she is a breath of spring to me.
What a delightful anecdote. x
ReplyDeletePerfect...I LOVE it! Kim
ReplyDeleteLovely post Jen, Summer sounds delightful - as summers should be! (but I'm glad we gave more traditional names to our daughters!)
ReplyDeleteThat inspired me to enjoy summer for a wee bit longer Jen : )
ReplyDeleteI would have loved to have had that name myself .. or was that Autumn I meant to say I would rather have ? wink wink
Joy : )
Joy, I am thinking that they should have maybe named you Autumn Joy. Perfectly describing your love of Halloween, and your delight in life.
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Hi Jen, I'm here via Carolynn, and I'm so glad I dropped by! I grew up in the Vancouver suburbs and still consider it home even though I've lived in the SF Bay area for 20 years. I am looking forward to more pictures of home and wonderful writing. P.S. I always wanted a more whimsical, or more romantic, or more sophisticated name. All four kids in my family have D names with 5 letters, I was the youngest. Ugh.
ReplyDeleteHi Donna, thanks for visiting. I will try to post some more photos of Vancouver for you.
ReplyDeleteRegarding the name, I hear you. I always wanted to be called anything but Jennifer. Hence, I renamed myself, Jen.
Brooke, would have been my choice. But who gets to choose?
The summer in Sweden have not been the best.. so I loonging for summer to.... but I think I will find it in Thailand when I go there....
ReplyDeleteMaby next summer will be better?
Ore maby September will suprise me?
Linda
How can anyone named Summer be anything but?
ReplyDeleteGlad you at least got to meet Summer! Your double cosmos are simply charming..and that last photo is just stunning!!! :)
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