Time For a Swim

Everywhere I go...

Everywhere I look...

Extreme Heat

is the "Hot Topic"....

We're all blogging about it,

the weatherman won't shut up about it...

and there it is outside my door

every time I step outdoors!

So I've decided to just embrace it...

Ya can't change it!

Let's just be thankful 

for another lovely day

and a little heat.

and 

that means it's

time for a swim....

So --

Grab your sunscreen

and your itsy-bitsy

teeny weeny

yellow

polka dot

bikini....

(yes, you heard me!)

You go first,

while I finish this cookie!!

Ummm, on second thought

I haven't been in a bikini

since my twenties

and I don't intend on 

scaring off followers!!

How about a tall glass of iced tea

and a virtual swim

down memory lane??

Let's go back to my twenties

and visit my backyard pool

where my little nieces and nephews

swam and splashed up a storm!

Swimming pools have always

been one of my fascinations,

it must have been

all those years of 

watching the Beverly Hillbillies...

I've always wanted my own

cement pond!

(internet photo)

Remember the show Dallas?

I was a Huge Fan!

Remember the Ewing's Pool?

That's me and a girlfriend on a High School 

Swing Choir trip...

Those are my toes in Bobby Ewing's pool!!

I guess I should've moved

to Texas or California

back then!

There just aren't many

Swimming pools,

or movie stars 

in

South Dakota!

Just little ol' 

me in my plastic bubble bowl

Dreaming about all

the exotic

swimming pools I've visited....

Like the one's at Hearst Castle in California

Outdoor and...

Indoor...

or the one on Maui where we sat in a bar

behind this waterfall and drank Mai Tai's!!

Are you ready for a dip yet??

Anyone got a spare 

ticket to Hawaii?

NO? 

That's Okay!

We do have some 

beautiful clear water

right here...

We swam in the Missouri River

just this morning...

the water was perfect...

The scenery was beautiful....

The water was crystal clear.

You can see your feet on the bottom...

(or your paws in Max's case...)

And the only other souls on the beach

were these 2 pair of Geese...

The only thing I'm missing

is a Mai Tai!

other than that ,

life is good!

I hope you are feeling refreshed

after this lengthy 

swim session!!

Have a Happy Day,

Lisa