The most wonderful time of the year...according to Josie.

This Friday is the last day of school for local youngsters - aka our dog's very favorite day of the year. As much as Josie loves her own child, she H-A-T-E-S other children. Since we live right across the street from an elementary school {see photo} you can imagine the amount of grumbling we hear Monday-Friday from September-June each year.
Of course, Summer comes with with it's own "issues" for Little Miss Anti-Kids {the proximity of the local public pool, for instance, or the near constant circles through the neighborhood made by the ice cream man} but by and large it's a much quieter more peaceful time in our house
Speaking of the pool, it officially opens on Monday the 18th {they wait until school is out before they open for the season} and let me tell you folks, my very sore bones could really really use a few hours of floating weightlessness {not to mention my toddler needing to get out her tons and tons of bottled up winter energy}.
Two days after that is the Summer Solstice and we can all say hello to summer! Woo hoo! Can you believe that this Autumn & Winter lover just said that???

.As always, click on the image to enlarge. This is an aerial view of our street - you can see our house there in the middle with the elementary school & it's playground directly across the street. The third arrow shows you were the pool is in relation to our house.