First Days Of Summer

The First Days of Summer

Joy is when the sun breaks the spring sky with an awning of glorious blue.
In an instant the world is lighter.
Brighter.

Gone are the long, dark days of winter. Gone are the unpredictable spring mornings.

They've been replaced, painted over in a palette a vibrant yellows, blues and greens.

Summer is here.

And it greets you with fields of flowers that dust the world with their beautiful aroma. They grace your eyes with their delicate petals and fill your heart with warmth.

To walk through these seas of colour, is to enter another dimension.

One of peace and joy.

You spend the elongated evenings lounging in the lingering patches of golden light.

The heat dances across your skin, melting away the shadows left by the previous seasons. 

You feel safe and cosy in this welcome embrace and even as the sun begins to set you are left with a sense of harmony - at one with the world.

Sandwiched between the long, beach days and hammocks, lies the infinite amount of ice creams you consume. Walking into the parlour your addressed by regimented lines of waffle cones and a wave of cool air.

Before your eyes is a rainbow spectrum of flavours straight from a children's book...

Sumptuous cherry. Zingy lemon. Heavenly chocolate.

With 2 scoops of mouth-watering goodness your taste buds are alive and refreshed.

You can carry these ice creams down the the sandy shore of a beach and eat with a view of a summer's sunset. The entire sky illuminated with a gradient of warm orange slowly being overpowered by a saturated blue. A stunning effect that is intensified by the glassy reflection of the water. 

Within this water rests the silhouette of the pier you ventured on earlier. Memories of this not-so-distant escapade flow through your mind with the soft, tinkling music of the arcade.

Summer is here. Gone are the mountainous layers of clothing. Gone are the weeks of rain and sleet. Gone are the blank colourless skies.

They've been replaced, painted over in a single energetic stroke.

They've been replaced with infinite veils of blue. Replaced with green, flip-flop graced grass.

Replaced with days long enough to fill you with insurmountable amounts of joy.