Summer is in the air...

And no, Seattle has not been experiencing an unusually warm and dry winter. In fact, our winter has been as gray, wet, and dreary...what you would expect for this city in this time of year. But despite the conditions, I still feel a sense of summer in the air. Maybe it's because football season is coming to a close, or that we are getting an extra minute of light each day...or maybe, just maybe, it is because I have an amazing, gorgeous, beautiful deck that was just recently completed :)

Looking at I can already imagine my summer: weekend BBQ's and dinner parties, evenings on the deck watching the sunset over the Olympics; days laying out basking in the sun; and on the cool summer nights warming up by the fireplace.