
Sun-ripening wild blackberries and little red coxes growing randomly on an apple tree just outside our house

...generously waiting to be picked and then made into a delicious apple&blackberry crumble sometime in the next few days.

Children sneaking out for an early-morning bounce in their PJs before dancing barefoot back into the house for breakfast

Refreshing bite-sized chunks of juicy watermelon ready to be feasted on


Playing on the new waterslide purchased yesterday, on the advice of a dear friend who, herself being in possession of identical slide, guarantees hours of hilarity and muddiness if used apropriately

(
...yes, that does indeed mean cute little naked bottoms are preferable to nylon-clad ones...)


Decorating gingerbread men (again)

...because they're there...

...and because we can...

While daddy continues to look for our dream-home

...and mummy makes puke-coloured playdough

...that munchkins subsequently play with for hours when the weather has turned to rain - again



Such is the Stuff of Summer in our parts. Pretty much.