It really can be summertime all year long

So I recently read the book Their Eyes Were Watching God. It was pretty great, I must say. I read some short stories by Zora Neale Hurston in high school and college and really liked her writing—and I'm pretty sure I wrote at least one paper about her, although I don't remember what it was about—but I had never read one of her novels until now. It was an engaging story and thoughtfully written. It went onto my list of favorites (which, to be honest, is undeniably pretty long).

But anywho, that's not really what this post is about. I wrote down two quotes I really liked from the book and wanted to share.

The first is a little bit of fun:

"It happened over one of those dinners that chasten all women sometimes. They plan and they fix and they do, and then some kitchen-dwelling fiend slips a scorchy, soggy, tasteless mess into their pots and pans."

Isn't that the truth? Has this happened to you? It's happened to me.

And the next quote offers more explanation for the reasoning behind Anna's middle name. I loved it. This is the main character explaining why she loves her husband.

"He kin take most any lil thing and make summertime out of it when times is dull. Then we lives offa dat happiness he made till some mo' happiness come along."

I also think that this quote totally applies to Anna's personality, so props to her parents for coming up with such an appropriate middle name. I mean, you can tell from only this picture that I'm telling the truth, right?

(And let's talk about where my photography skills came from—out of nowhere, I tell you. My skills are usually nothing to write home about, but this picture is almost magical. Her delightfulness was captured so well, I think.)

Okay, enough patting myself on the back for having a cute kid and one good picture to speak of. I'll be done now. For today.