Summer Days

The heat has settled on northern Ohio, with temps in the mid-90s this week. It's an unusually hot week for early July, and people here enjoyed the Independence holiday weekend, heat and all.

I feel fortunate to live an area that boasts a little bit of everything..... big cities, rural countrysides, wonderful metroparks, family farms, quaintness as well as culture, and the distinctive of being a "coastal" city. While most people wouldn't think of northeast Ohio as a beach destination, Lake Erie has some beautiful beaches, one of which I visited yesterday.

Sailboats took advantage of the lovely summer day.

And, the lighthouse looked on as sunbathers and swimmers basked in the sun.

For those who work hard for a living, there's a little bit of paradise on a sunny beach in July.

Summer afternoon - summer afternoon;

to me those have always been the two most beautiful words

in the English language.

~Henry James