hometown summer

i really miss small town summer nights. i'm not sure if it is the warm weather or the relaxing weekend with my best friend that makes me nostalgic but there is something about a summer breeze in a small few stop lights kind of town. 

i can remember summer nights like they were yesterday. every summer from elementary school all the way through hs and even coming back for a few summer trips during college. summers in perkasie are sweet, slow, breezy and always peaceful. where i live it is quite. it is on the ridge and overlooks the cities below for miles. it's serene and honestly, probably the best place to star gaze or porch drink for hours on a warm night. it was with a sweaty dad from lawn work sipping on a cold drink, a showered and geared up brother with hands full of any toy within reach and a pooled-out head-banded bright blonde mom that made those summer nights simple and easily my favorite to come home too.

i always enjoyed playing with chalk on the sidewalk or taking out the odds and ends out of the garage as my parents would sit under the porch next to the grill with a watchful eye. dinner would cook, laughs would be had and it honestly was some of my fondest memories of growing up. 

i look forward to having my own summer nights filled with family and friends. i look forward to new porch furniture and grilled dinners just like the ones i grew up on. i can't wait to stay up all night under the stars as the twinkle lights shine and the candles glow. it is the little things during the summer months that make it as sweet as could be. it may not be the south and it may not be the "country" but i'll tell ya what, my small town summer nights were just perfect.