A Summer Place
5 Apr
Is anyone else counting the days until this craptastic Seattle weather gets all sunny and summer-like?
Last year was our first summer in the new house and it was so much fun having pool parties in the back yard with the neighborhood kids.
The only problem?
This year, I’m kind of obsessed with making the backyard some sort of suburban playground wonderland for Bee and her little friends.
Like really, really scour-flea-markets-garage-sales-and-Craigslist-for-outdoor-toys obsessed.
We even got a new pool for the backyard this year to replace last year’s. I promised Mr. Bee that I wouldn’t share this story because, well, we’re really just totally embarrassed at our own laziness, but I think it’s kind of hilarious.
So, all summer Bee and her little friends enjoyed this pool that, while, wonderful, was a pain in my burning asshole to inflate, clean, move, pretty much maintain in every way. We didn’t do a great job covering it when we weren’t using it, so it routinely filled with grass and bugs and all things that make me go “Bleck” when I’m outdoors (which is pretty much everything in nature).
Instead of boring you with all the boring minutia (and because Mr. Bee is still too embarrassed for me to really speak the words on the blog), I have interpreted the story with my extraordinary artwork. Enjoy. Please?
Song title: A Summer Place by Andy Williams
You are my hero.
At the end of this summer, we’ll take the pool before you kill it. Poolicide is wrong.
Haha, great illustrations. Yes, I am really looking forward to better weather in Washington.
I have done the same! Blame it on our weather in the NW.
Why am I such an ass that I didn’t realize you were in Washington too? Sigh…
You are not alone, I would totally do that kind of thing with a pool. Embarrassed to admit it, but I would!