Wednesday, June 23, 2021

Summertime Photos: "Seas The Day"

Last week the weather here in Philly was fantabulous. We had just come off the previous month where temperatures had already reached 96 degrees with 80% humidity (in late MAY), which truly made me want to lose my mind. We pretty much had no spring this year because it lasted approximately 15 minutes and then went directly into summer. Have you noticed how autumn and spring are fading away to nothing; leaving us with two seasons, winter and summer?

As you all know, I'm not a fan of summer, however, I do try and make the best of it by focusing on the enjoyable things that the season brings, such as: making and eating the most a-mazing salads, iced mint tea, the smell of freshly cut grass, summertime music, and Rita's Italian Lemon Ice.

On one of my days off, I headed down to the Delaware River Waterfront and took some photos. This is the time of year when urban dwellers start spending more time outside enjoying the parks and partaking in the city's summer activities.

You'll see from these photographs that it was a cloudy day, which made the sun go in and out. Some of the photos look bright and sunny, while others look overcast. But that didn't matter to me because the temperature was flawless -- it was only in the high 70's with 0% humidity. Alleluia!

And what I loved most about that day was the energy. You could feel everyone enjoying themselves, happy to be outside socializing after a year of being restricted.

So, I got out there like everyone else and decided to seas the day!

Please enjoy...

A view of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge and Delaware River...

Spruce Street Harbor Park consists of colorful hammocks, floating gardens, trees draped in technicolored lights, local craft beers, and food from some of Philly's most popular restaurants...

Instructor giving a floating yoga class, which is done on paddle boards. This is something I had never heard of, so I did some online investigation and found the health and wellness company, Aqua Vida. Very cool!...

This next photo reminded me of when I was a kid and the ice cream trucks (Good Humor) would slowly drive through our neighborhood playing music over a loud speaker that was attached to the truck. All us kids would run over to curb and wave our hands for him to stop so we could get an ice cream treat with the money that our parents gave us...