in summer

hooray ! I have a new beach buddy

Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes
on the grass on a summer day
listening to the murmur of water,
or watching the clouds float across the sky,
is hardly a waste of time.

John Lubbock

to dry in the sun after floating carefree in warm salt water
to feel the sand between your toes
to chat endlessly and seemingly without thought
to laugh and smile and to marvel
at what it is to be a 5 year old at the beach in summer