For Writer’s Quotes Wednesdays Writing Challenge for the past weeks we have discussed topics that add to our well-being – nutrition, hope, faith, exercise. Starting this month we are going to switch to a new series of topics that are more seasonal. We start with summer. Check out my page for the rest of the month. So much has changed since the Summer of 2020 as we tiptoe past the restrictions of COVID 19.
“One benefit of Summer was that each day we had more light to read by.”
― Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle
Remember to join in #WQWWC, the only rule is that you must include a quote in your post. Respond any way you want. Make a meme, write a story, philosophize for 2,000 words, or write a Haiku with 8 syllables.
My #WQWWC Post for Summer
First Summer in Prescott, AZ
Here in Prescott, it seemed that summer would never get here. Suddenly, the nineties have arrived, leaves are fully out, gardens planted in pots to keep the rabbits away, neighbors stop to visit as they go in and out, kayaks are loaded onto car roofs, bikes onto bike racks, pickleball abounds from 7:30 to 9:30 am, then comes to an abrupt end as people head to the pool. Prescott draws adults escaping the Phoenix and Tucson heat to play in one of our four lakes, and hike on our mountain trails. It’s Disneyland for adults.
Sadly for me, most of you don’t live in Prescott, AZ. This is your chance to tell what’s going on in your world. Or are you leaving your world to take a vacation? Maybe your world is upside down from mine and you are in the deep throes of winter. You’re going to have to dig into your archives and remember the warmer days.
“Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability.”
Sam Keen
kelly green-colored leaves 
sad patio tomato plant
summer all year long sage and kelly leaves waving ripe fruit bursting forth © 2021 Marsha Ingrao Haiku
“I wonder what it would be like to live in a world where it was always June.”
L.M. Montgomery
Wonderful Summer Remembered
Kayaking in Kaweah Lake in CA 
Resting the oars
June – a Time to Learn New Skills
Lady Lee Manilla introduced me to a new form of poetry, and I wanted to try it on you this week.
Dress for Joy in Summer
Dress for joy in summer shorts and t-shirts, not sweats swimming suits, flip flops, hats scarves, coats, boots, socks all packed sunscreen, Off - spray for gnats Dress for joy in summer smiles and laughs, not frowns face scrunched up with giggles snorkels, kayak, paddles, crayons, book of scribbles Dress for joy in summer trikes, bikes, scooters, skateboards walking sticks for hiking roller blades and knee pads helmet fit for biking Dress for joy in summer glass jars for lightning bugs to watch and then let go camera, cell phone - SNAP selfies, landscape photos © 2021 Marsha Ingrao Monchielle
Monchielle – is a poem that consists of four five-line stanzas where the first line repeats in each verse. Each line within the stanzas consist of six syllables, and lines three and five rhyme. The rhyme pattern is Abcdc Aefgf Ahiji Aklml. created by Jim T. Henriksen
Shopping Center for Summer Quotes
Bing or Google do equally well to take you to the quote malls quickly. Favorites quotes and obscure quotes abound. If you don’t want the joy of window shopping, here are a few more of my favorites.
“Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you.”
Langston Hughes
“Oh, the summer night, has a smile of light, and she sits on a sapphire throne.”
Bryan Procter
Visit the #WQWWC Community
Visit two or three or more + me and see how fast you make good friends. 🙂
- Cee
- Elizabeth * Read all the #WQWWC Community Links – Wahoo!
- Frank
- KL Caley
- Kirstin
- Lady Lee
- Sadje
- Terri
- Sheetal *New Friend
Don’t forget to leave your link with a comment in addition to the pingback so I don’t miss you.
Now it’s your turn
What’s going on with you this summer?
Marsha Ingrao - Always Write 
89 responses to “WQWWC #28: Summer 2021”
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love your poem💖💖💖
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Thanks, I was experimenting with a new form. Glad you liked it, Cindy. I had a lot of fun with it. 🙂
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It was great fun and good to practice something new🌷
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You’re quite the poet yourself, Miss Cindy. 🙂
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oh you’re kind.. it is fun💖
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oh that nutter butter so cute
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I took a picture of him lying on my computer keyboard last night as I hurried to get my post ready. I had to peel him off several times. Today he’s just lying beside the computer, not making a nuisance of himself. 🙂
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that is sooo funny the little rascal💖
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He’s a mama’s boy for sure. 🙂
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Hi Marsha, “The Glass Castle” was one of my favourite books. I appreciate the quote you share. It is interesting to learn how Arizona has diverse areas. Your description of Prescott, the lakes and areas to play is enticing. A great phrase “Disneyland for adults.” You also remind me of friends that are in the throes of Winter (upside down).
This is the first time I have heard of this style of poem. Your poem is great, Marsha! We have been off the grid camping on the West Coast. It turned into more of an adventure than we had planned. Ultimately fun. Thank you for your kind and generous spirit sharing new blogs for me to visit. 🙂
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Great! It sounds like you are having fun, though, Erica. Be safe, and if you get to AZ, be sure and give me a shout either by email or by my contact page. I’ll give you my phone number if you think you will be anywhere close to us. 🙂
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Love your summer quotes Marsha , especially the one that says more light to read . Except the heat here makes you curl around quite like your cat and sleep. Prescott sounds lovely and your poem too conjured beautiful images of a fun summer. Finally, thank you for the shoutout. Much appreciate it.
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Thanks for your many kind words. Prescott is lovely, a little cooler than most of Arizona, so enjoyable. Each week I create a list of everyone who participated in #WQWWC and link to their post from the prior week. I think it makes it easier to visit other participants and for new people to find you. 🙂
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I got there in the end Marsha – https://new2writing.wordpress.com/2021/06/11/my-days-with-you/
A bit of romance. I hope you enjoy it.
KL ❤
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Hi Marsha, here’s my post;
Thanks
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Awesome post, Sadje. Thanks for sharing you thoughts. Your thoughts are always insightful. 🙂
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It’s always a pleasure Marsha 😍
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For me, too. 🙂
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🙏🙏🙏
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I love all your quotes Marsha and as we are entering winter, we had our first snow flurries the other night, your summer photos, poems and words make me feel warmer already! Love the ‘Disneyland for adults’ description 🙂
I might just join you one day soon as I love quotes too!
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That would be awesome, Deb. I just published a little Story Chat teaser. https://alwayswrite.blog/2021/06/10/june-story-chat-comments-are-already-out-of-this-world/ This is a sampling of what is to come with the summary. I’ve just started doing this, and it brings in quite a few of our wonderful authors and others back to comment. 🙂
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Prescott sounds wonderful! And great job with the Monchielle. That seems like a fun style of poetry…
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I had fun with it. Prescott seems to be a playground for active retirees and tourists especially in the summer and fall.
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the warm weather sounds very appealing… 🙂
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It’s perfect now.
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it’s nice here today as well, but I don’t have lake close by, let alone four…
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You have an ocean not too far away, though. We are not close to that! 🙂
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yes, we do have the Jersey shore – a national treasure… 🙂
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There you go. That sounds heavenly to me.
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it’s 90 minutes away; close enough for a day visit, but far enough away that we do not do it frequently
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We went 90 minutes south to Scottsdale yesterday. It was a refreshing 102. 🙂
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I thought Scottsdale was a wonderful city. We particularly liked the library…
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I haven’t been there. I have a lot to explore in AZ. 🙂
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I’ve yet to be to the Grand Canyon, so I’ve got a lot to explore!
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In due time, Jim. You’ll get there. 🙂
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that’s the hope!
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You will. 🙂
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Here is my link: https://teandpaper.ca/2021/06/10/wqwwc-summer/
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I hope you got my comment on your blog. I’m on my phone. I love the post. Great quotes and photos.
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Yes, I did! Thanks so much!
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Great! Thanks for joining in. It’s fun having you. 🙂
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Thanks for linking, Elizabeth. 🥰🥰
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my summer post, some of the poems from my archive 🙂
https://ladyleemanilablog.wordpress.com/2021/06/10/wqwwc-28-summer-2021/
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great post, Marsha 🙂 thanks for the mention and I love your Monchielle ❤
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Thanks, Lady Lee. It was fun.
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This is the perfect day to read about summer, because here it is icy cold today. A huge Antarctic polar blast has moved north, freezing the southern states and sending a frigid wind our way here in Queensland. It’s not usual for it to be so cold here and they are even predicting light snow down on the border. Brrrr. So I’ll enjoy your warm weather photos. Your tomato looks okay to me.
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I’m so sorry. That’s how our winter was Las year. Long timers said it was the worst winter in 25 years. I hope next winter will be better. At least your house is cozy and you have lots of lovely blankets!!! I’ll be thinking warm thoughts. Wish you were here. It’s perfect right now.
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The good news for us is that the cold weather will only last a couple of days and then we’ll be back to our normal winter days of maximums around 20 degrees, which is about 75 for you. Perfection. Can’t say the same for the southern states. They have winter for months on end. 🙂
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Your area is perfect for the winter months. It’s pretty hot in January. But you guys travel so much you can enjoy all kinds of weather.
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You did strike a particularly hot summer the year you were here. It’s not always that hot. 🙂 But yes, we can pick and choose where and when we go away now.
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Remember the day it rained in Brisbane? I hadn’t seen rain that hard or HOT since I lived in the Midwest. It was so exciting watching the rain and the people trying to navigate their way through it Why I didn’t take pictures is beyond me. 🙂
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We were too busy trying to stay dry.
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True that! 🙂
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I adore your photo of Nutter Butter. Another great post from you. 😀 😀
Here is my entry.
https://ceenphotography.com/2021/06/09/pick-me-up-and-wqwwc-28-summer/
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Thanks Cee, Isn’t he just adorable. Am I prejudiced? He gets cuter every day and all he has to do is sleep. How fair is that? 🙂
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Loved your post Marsha and that poem and format are great. I hadn’t heard of it before, but I’m not really up on poem styles. I’ll have to look into it more. I LOVE lightning bugs and wish we had them here. I loved the quotes you chose too.
Here’s my link:https://troyerslovinglife.blogspot.com/2021/06/wqwwcjune-9-theme-summer.html
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Thanks, Kirstin. I was taken with her poem, so it was a trial run for me. Form poems are a little more work than the Haiku. So now, I’m off to see what you have to say. 🙂
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Summer days drifting away
To, oh, oh, the summer nights
From a musical a long time ago. It sounds like you are enjoying your summer in Prescott. We’ve been “in the neighborhood a few times, but never in town. We’ll have to visit your city and capture some of those granite mountains!
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Yes, they are lovely, John.
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I had to chuckle at how everything stops after 9:30 as the heat rises. I’ve never been a huge fan of deserts, especially after my mom complained endlessly on our roadtrips to Yosemite as we drove the back roads of 395 from San Diego. After hours in the heat in 1970s AC, we would arrive to Tuolumne Meadows via the Tioga pass inhaling the cool pine scented air at 9500 feet elevation. Now you know why I live in the pine forests of Washington, Marsha, lol! What a cool new poem, even I could get into that! Thanks for your inspiration. You even have all your prompts for the year!
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Yes, but I’m adding an author’s choice each month. I love the mountains, too. I think you are right where God wants you and so are we!
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Oh that’s right! Thanks for the reminder!
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Going forward I may add more reader choices, but when I started, I wanted to have a framework. I’m going to start building a framework this week for a new photo challenge next.
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Ohh, how exciting. BTW, you know how hard it is to find quotes with summer and pink in them? LOL!
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At the same time???
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yep 🙂
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Hmm. The obvious color combo would be green and summer, but pink and summer flowers?
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I managed to make it work 😁
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Yay!! You’re good. I can’t wait to read it! 🥰🥰🥰
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Laughing now! 🙂 I like to check out the view of the others to get inspiration. Thanks for linking and the comment!
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Good job welcoming summer … and thanks for a bit more of Prescott. BTW – my beach walk about summer will go live Saturday, which will link here.
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Great. I’d love to read it. Don’t forget to mention #WQWWC, and find a great summer quote or feel free to use one of mine. Have a great summer week, Frank. You really should visit the West Coast beach. My favorite is Avila Beach in CA – not too crowded, nice restaurants and a few shops, beautiful beach, no dogs between 10:00 – 5:00, warm, but not hot all year long, (kind of a micro climate) You would love a summer week here as a relief from the hot muggy weather of the Midwest. 🙂
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Oh, what a beautiful sunny post :). I love that poetry form you used in Dress for Joy in Summer. It felt musical somehow? Ooh a nice lake sounds lovely about now, and four to pick from, lucky you!
I’ve started reading through the other participants’ great entries, then I’ll make a start on my post. I’ve picked my quote (fell in love with it instantly, I hope you like it), I just need a bit of time to pull it all together.
Thanks for another great prompt.
KL ❤
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KL, thanks for the kinds words. I enjoyed writing it. I’m trying to talk my husband into a trip to Goldwater Lake right now. I look forward to your post! 🙂
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Thanks for the mention.
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Of course, Sadje. I should put a big key icon next to your name! You have the honor of being the first regular. 🙂
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Thank you so much! I’ll be posting my WQWWC today.
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I can’t wait!
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Thanks 🙏
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