Summer

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The Season

100 degrees weather
climbing temperatures
cool, coolness
crisp morning
dog days
early summer
first heat wave
heat stroke
intense heat
June gloom
lengthening days
long days
slow day
summer, summer days
too hot to go outside

Sky and heavens

billowing clouds
cooling breeze
dog star
hail storrm
milky way
morning fog, summer fog
Perseids
Pleiades
river of stars
scorching sun
strawberry moon
sturgeon moon
sudden shower
summer breeze
summer constellations
summer sky
summer solstice
tanabana

Mountains, Fields and Ocean

beach, crowded beach
deep shade
dry grass
dry fields, yellow fields
dried-up creeks, dry waterfall
jellyfish
kelp forest
smog, smog-hidden mountains
summer lake
summer mountains
summer sea

Flowers and Plants

apricots
berries
bush mallow
century plant stalks
cherries
clover blossoms
coffeeberry
crepe myrtle
cucumber
daisies
dancing ladies
evening primrose
geraniums
grapes
herbs
hibiscus
hollyhocks
honeysuckle
hydrangea
late jacaranda
late poppies
lavender, lavendula
magnolia
melons
monkey flower
orchids
peaches
peppers
plums
roses
star jasmine
strawberry
sunflowers
tomatoes
vegetables
zinnias
zucchini

Birds and Animals

ants
baby koi
bats
blue damselfly
blue jays
blue whales
brown pelicans
butterflies
caterpillar
cormorant
ducklings
egrets
fledglings
giant green anemone
great blue heron
house fly
hummingbirds
lizards
louder birds
mockingbirds
molting seals
mosquito
moth
raccoons weaning
seagulls
sea otter
snail
spider
surf birds
tree frogs
wasps
yellow jackets
young gulls

Human Affairs

air conditioning, fans
boating
back-to-school sales
barbeque
beach outings
beach house
camping
end of school
Father's Day
Fourth of July
fireworks
graduation
high electric bill
high school reunions
Hiroshima Day
Hollywood Bowl
leaving for college
marshmallow roast
outdoor concert
picnic
power outage, brown out
strawberry stand (late spring, early summer)
summer camp
summer fair, summer carnival
summer Shakespeare
summer vacation
sunburn
sunglasses
sunscreen
swimming, swimming pool
swimming suit, bikini
water skis
weddings
wind chimes
wind surfing, kite surfing