slice of life tuesday :: summer

Around here, summer doesn’t officially hit until July 4. And when it hits, it HITS! But only for a couple of days, because Seattle is fickle and can’t ever make up its mind about the weather. Really, Seattle can’t make up its mind about a lot of things, but that’s a whole other blog post!

For me, nothing is more summery than a trip to the farmers market. Although, we have year-round farmers markets here, the summertime ones are really fun because they are filled with so much color and so much life. Going to the farmers market over the summer reminds me of when I first started taking photos. It was summertime and I had just bought my new fancy camera and everywhere I looked was glorious, colorful eye candy.

When summer officially hit last week, I knew it was time to pull out my new big(ger) fancy(er) camera and give her a spin around the Phinney Farmers Market.

These were the first photos I took with the new camera. Needless to say, I fell madly in love with everything I photographed and even more madly in love with my new best friend.

I was even asked by one of the people running a farm stand if I could photograph her cherries and send her a few. You don’t have to ask me twice!

As I oohed and ahhed and snapped away, my very patient husband stood by watching as I got pulled in by the magnetic force of the market. But really, how could I not?! I mean, how could I resist all of that LIFE? All that COLOR? All that BEAUTY? This is what summer is all about. This is what summer looks like to me.

What does summer look like to you? What’s your favorite thing about summer? This week, carry your camera around and photograph what summer looks like in your neck of the woods.

Slice of Life Tuesday is a weekly feature in which I provide a little inspiration and a gentle nudge, encouraging you to find the beauty in everyday life. You are invited to share your Slice of Life photos on your blog or join the Slice of Life Tuesday Flickr Group. Slice of Life Tuesday is for everyone! You are not required to be a ‘professional’ photographer. You are only required to be you.

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