Amazing August

Well . . . can you believe it? The last day of August! 

It's been an amazing month with wonderful summer weather - perfect for beaches and barbeques and so many gatherings with family and friends.

Summer on the Island tends to be one, long, lovely blur -  it's a good thing I took a few pictures!

Here are some of my favourite memories - just in time for the last Friday Fave Five of August.

1. Here is the highlight of summer 2012 ~ smiling at this little girl!!

in her "retro" shorts!

A sweet little family!

2. Hope you're not too tired of beach pictures - this is my favourite place to be in the summer.

 and here is the perfect end to a perfect beach day!

I haven't worked my way through all 60 flavours yet! :)

3. Family and friends = fun 

It was lovely to have my sister and her family home - we spend most of our days at her cottage.  Josie came to the beach to meet her new great-auntie.

 I had a wonderful day with girls I've known since I was 5 - a lot of "remember when" and laughter!

Every Wednesday this summer I went to the beach with these girls. We called ourselves the www group - wild Wednesday women. I don't know how "wild" we were - but we had a lot of fun!

4. Gathering flowers in my garden is a daily joy.

They were so simple to plant  - just a few seeds in the ground and yet, they bring such pleasure.

Always a fresh bouquet for my kitchen table.

5. And for my final favourite ~ living on such a beautiful Island.

It's a photographer's dream.

Around every bend in the road, there's another beautiful vista.

Fields of gold,

click to enlargepeaceful rivers,

click to enlargelighthouses,

and

 magical sunsets.

I'm blessed.

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Thank you so much for dropping in for a visit.

Now that summer is winding down, I'm hoping to return to regular blogging and  blog visiting. I've missed you!

Have a wonderful Labour Day weekend!

with love and thanks for you,

PS - for more Friday Fave 5s, drop over to Susanne's at Living To Tell The Story.