joy in june -- a summer solstice joy list

• rain changing to blue skies and sunshine
• a long walk with the dogs
• mixing paint and starting a new painting
• finding a four-leaf clover
• introducing my friend, Danielle, to the chickens (and all the other farm fun)
• eating the first ripe (or semi-ripe) cherries in the orchard
• flowers, flowers, flowers
• harvesting strawberries
• my dad's "blind beer taste tests"
• finding shapes in the clouds
• bbq dinner
• baby birds fledging from their nest on the front porch at the farm (right over our heads!)
• frogs and toads
• measuring the corn in the field -- it's up to my waist now
• a meadow walk in golden evening light -- picking daisies and eating wild strawberries
• strawberries and ice cream
• mystery roses at the farm (that came home with me)