May 29, 2012

smells like summer

We spent the past four days at the lake cottage.  The first weekend when the boat is back in the water, the air conditioning boxes running full blast and the beds piled with pillows and blankets is truly the beginning of summer for me.  It's the first lake trip, first June, first summer with The Four, and it's one big crazy adventure.  I saw our cottage in a new way these past few days.  I got to show them how to tube, how to buckle the life jacket.  We showed them clams and sand and lily-pads.  It was so much fun.

Ice cream trips were made and the kitchen grew hot from big dinner cooking.  Hundreds of kneeboarding attempts were made.  Arms and legs turned pink and dark brown.  Clothes smelled like lake water and campfire.  And you know photos were taken!  

Our lake cottage has this smell - it might be the old cabinets or it could be musty carpet - but it gets on everything, so that when you go home again and lay your head on the pillow, there are still hints of that lake smell.  And you're reminded of where you've just been, the fun you had, and the memories that were made.  I'm convinced it's one of the best smells ever.  It's my smell of summer.   

12 comments:

  1. gorgeous! what are you reading in the first photo?
    -jocee <3

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  2. Ah, this is so perfect Olivia- but you're making me so jealous with all the summery stuff happening over there! ;) and of course your photos are beautiful as always! :)

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  3. I absolutely adore each and every one of those photos- I can smell the lake water and see the house :)
    So happy that you guys got a chance to get away and have fun! You definitely deserve it!

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  4. Wow! What an awesome post! I am learning how to look at summer in a different way this year! :)

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  5. Awe, man, you're making me so jealous! I still have school....summer beckons though. ;) I'm excited for the moments that announce summer's arrival. =) And the pictures are beautiful as usual! <3

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  6. your photos are beautiful. i love seeing how your photography style has changed and blossomed recently.
    and you're making super jealous of having summer break already. i've got 3 weeks and a load of projects and tests and finals in between me and summer ;)

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  7. beautiful! all of these photos just remind me of summer! and your photography, yeah it's pretty awesome!=)

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  8. @Jocee - It's called Where Women Cook. It's really good! :)

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  9. beautiful, beautiful, and oh please summer come. (:

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  10. LOVE these photos, girl!! :)

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  11. oh, my... that photo of the house, in b&w? favorite. it's so beautifully simple!
    isn't it wonderful how the smell lingers? south carolina has this awesome smell that i adore and am always sad to leave.

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  12. This brings back lots of memories. Love the smell of summer...

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