Loads of sunshine

Hello and good morning!!

Welcome to June, kids!

As always, I hope your weekend has treated you well. 

I hope that the sun shone over all of you.

 

My new absolute favorite summer drink, Campari spritz.  Campari, grapefruit juice and prosecco!

It’s been a very pretty weekend here, the PERFECT weather. 

Around 25 C (around 80F), no humidity and so much sunshine. I love it.

It’s been lots of hanging on the deck this weekend, looooove.

Lots of walking as well. Peter and I took off for DC early Saturday morning.

Our destination? The Washington Zoo. We have not been there in over 20 years. Crazy!!

The zoo here in DC is part of The Smithsonian and therefore it is free to visit. All the Smithsonian institutions are free to the public. It is part of America’s public treasure.

 

My Canon came out to play here at home.  She and I photographed my front yard, Täppan.

The days of the roses.

It is their time now.

More roses in waiting.

We were there early in the morning, right after their opening.

We saw the pandas and many other animals.

BUT, I have a bit of a hard time visiting zoos in general. I feel so bad for the caged, wild animals. It hurts to see a tiger walking around on very limited space, it is SO sad to see elephants behind gates. 

So no, not my thing really. I have no desire to go back anytime soon. BUT that being said, Washington Zoo is a nice place to visit for families. Bring good walking shoes and be prepared for the hilly terrain. NO, I did not take any pictures at all simply because I think those kind of pictures are totally boring.

On my little red bistro table.

My summer bench.

After the zoo we went for one of the best smash burgers in DC. OMG!! SOOOO tasty and so GOOD!! If you go to DC, make sure you’ll visit Joia Burger.

Saturday night was deck time and grilling. 

So very nice.

Sunday, grocery shopping bright and early and then a good FaceTime with sis and bro-in-law. We booked a hotel by the Jersey shore where we’ll hang out a couple of days before we move to the “wedding hotel”.

ALWAYS match your coffee cup with the roses :-)
These are also the days of my beloved hydrangeas.  

A long walk followed and then LOTS of reading for the entire afternoon. Lovely.

Have a good one, y’all!!