Summer Nostalgia Seeker Gifts

"Gracie, why so sad?"

"So how was your first week of school?"

Holiday time.

'Been Away?' A piece of bread looks at a piece of brown toast as if it's got a suntan.

"Mom! Your cell phone’s ringing ... it’s Dad!"

Happy kids running abount with a 'Schools out' banner

Scene of seagull troops about to charge a picnic.

"That's not you talking, Justin, that's the sugar talking."

'Sure, it's our pool. . . but who's going to tell him that?'

'I've had the place gob-stopper-dashed.'

He wanted a different one.

"Here's to East, West, South and Bridgehampton, and all the little Hamptons in between."

"Migration? I love chasing the endless summer, but travelling such distances with kids is exhausting..."

Driving on the Beach - Lifeguard on a hydraulic lift.

Summertime.

Stop Me Before I Grill Again

Barbecue with man, cat and dog.

Meticulously prepared, locally sourced food served on artifacts of a romanticized industrial past, by people who take their fashion cues from daguerreotypes, to adults whose parents still pay their rent.

Monsters looking for a new bed to move under.

"Hel-l-l-o-o-o-o Summer!"

Hen, pig and cow sunbathing turn into fried egg,bacon and burger.

"I'm learning to appreciate the simple things in life."

'I love us when we're tan.'

Benjamin Bunny re-writes Beatrix Potter

'No surf?'

"You can't have the whole ice cream cone, but as it melts you can lick the drips off my elbow!"

Two boys eating ice cream

"At least the anti-public education folks haven't started to try to dictate what we can have for lunch."

The Statue of Liberty holding up an ice-cream.

Eating ice cream.

Sunflowers with Sunglasses.

"And another thing, it's real cool in the summer!"

Summertime... When you go zero to 'booked up' in 3.5 seconds

"I once experienced childlike wonder. . . but it was just my anti-depressants kicking in."

Griller highlights never gets old