Laugh and Learn
Summer Time
Summer afternoon - summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language. ~ Henry James
The Learn
SUMMER RYHMES
A summer month that rhymes with soon:
Summer weather that rhymes with bought:
A time of rest that rhymes with station:
A summer place to play that rhymes with peach:
Something you make that rhymes with hassle:
Something you take that rhymes with sip: Above: Taking a Dip
Below: A Squirrelly summer nap
What you put in your drink that rhymes with nice:
Summer clothes that rhyme with sports.
Something to do in summer that rhymes with him:
Summer footwear that rhymes with handles:
Where you sleep when you camp that rhymes with sent:
Summer idioms
“Make hay while the sun shines”
To do something right away while the situation or conditions are right, with no delay.
‘It’s stopped raining, so I can go out and wash the car. Better make hay while the sun shines.’
“A place in the sun”
A job or situation which makes you happy and gives you everything you need and want.
‘Joey has got a new job as an illustrator. He loves it! He’s finally found his place in the sun.’
"The kiss of sun for pardon, The song of the birds for mirth, One is nearer God's Heart in a garden Than anywhere else on earth" - Dorothy Frances Gurney
TREES
The best know English poem about trees
by: Joyce Kilmer (1886-1918)
I THINK that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.
A tree whose hungry mouth is pressed
Against the earth's sweet flowing breast;
A tree that looks at God all day,
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;
A tree that may in Summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair;
Upon whose bosom snow has lain;
Who intimately lives with rain.
Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.
Summer Whimsy
"Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair." - Kahlil Gibran
"The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful." - E. E. Cummings
"Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it." - Russell Baker
"A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the lawn mower is broken." - James Dent
"One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The Links
Famous Summer Tree song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_D2XD341xHo
Beach Boys when they were boys…Surfin USA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1FaflUn4Co
See photos of English Camp 2010
http://www.eclitomysl.cz/
Click on Photo Gallery; next click on Photo 2010 by Adam Saricka
The most famous summer baseball song; it’s sung at every ball game
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1z-hQePzs4
Version two: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo9fEADUqPs
The Laughs
Answer to Rhymes: June, Hot, Vacation, Beach, Castle, Dip [Swimming], Ice, Shorts, Swim, Sandals, Tent
I went on vacation last week. What a week it was. Only rained twice - once for three days, once for four.
A man arrived at his holiday guest-house and met the landlady.
'Can you sing?' she snapped.
'No,' he replied.
'Well, you'd better learn quickly. There's no lock on the bathroom door.'
Murphy Laws For Frequent Flyers
1. No flight ever leaves on time unless you are running late and need the delay to make the flight.
2. If you are running late for a flight, it will depart from the farthest gate within the terminal.
3. If you arrive very early for a flight, it inevitably will be delayed.
4. Flights never leave from Gate #1 at any terminal in the world.
5. If you must work on your flight, you will experience turbulence as soon as you touch pen to paper.
6. If you are assigned a middle seat, you can determine who has the seats on the aisle and the window while you are still in the boarding area. Just look for the two largest passengers.
7. Only passengers seated in window seats ever have to get up to go to the lavatory.
8. The crying baby on board your flight is always seated next to you.
9. The best-looking woman on your flight is never seated next to you.
10. The less carry-on luggage space available on an aircraft, the more carry-on luggage passengers will bring aboard.