Kickoff to Summer

Memorial Day Weekend is when I feel like I can offically say that summer is beginning! I ab-so-lute-ly LOVE summer! Here are all the little signs I have come to know and love:

Ted and I celebrate our marriage, even if the 27th doesn't exactly fall on the weekend. 2 years this year!!!

The people of Charlevoix get together and plant over 1200 flats of petunias along the city limits of US-31. Where else can you drive down the road and get scents of flowers all the way through town?

Road workers sweep the streets and then paint fresh white and yellow lines, which makes the streets seem like new. ...Only a person who likes things super neat and clean would take the time to acknowledge this! haha

You can be 90% sure that you have seen the last frost so you can begin planting flowers in your garden. Me, I planted some petunias around our little porch and then bought some baskets of flowers. We aren't doing much this year, because 1) Eloise, and 2) Ted's aunt, Mary Fox, is coming in late June to help me plan out what I even want/need. Let's just say I am not really a gardener....yet.

The lawn is mowed for the first time. And, this year, it was mowed with our brand new moterless lawn mower. You know, the old fashioned kind, that wheels around and makes almost no noise and doesn't contribute any pollution! yay! It was a great buy. :)

Kilwin's, an ice cream shop, is actually open past 4pm, so you can get some yummy ice cream after dinner.

People fill up our town and the population practically triples. I love the busyness and hustle and bustle...Ted, not so much. But, with the people come all the festivals (and boats, and golf carts on city streets, and lots of traffic, especially when the bridge goes up). But, I wouldn't want it any other way.

Summer is what makes it worth it to live in Northern Michigan!