Things to do during summer

"At the end of the day, 

your feet should be dirty, 

your hair messy, 

and your eyes sparkling."

-Shanti

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It's summertime. Long days and warm nights. Days filled with messy hair and "not a care", ice-creams, beach days, endless hours on the beach, and lots and lots of fruit.

I love summertime, all the time to do whatever takes your fancy, don't get up till 10 or go for a walk at 5. I love the way that it doesn't matter, you are free. 

I love to spend my summers both at home and away, we normally go away for at least a week, but this year we are lucky enough to be spending almost 5 weeks away.

Here is a list of fun things you can do to fill your summer....

1.Spend time with your friends

2.Go to the pool

3.Wander the shops

4.Find a nice resturant

5.Make smoothies

6.Go for a long walk

7.Bake cookies

8.Play boardgames

9.Find an online course to do

10.Re-decorate your room

11.Have a water fight

12.Have a movie night

13.Find a series of books to read

14.Paint your nails

15.Get a summer job

16. Go to the beach

17. Make ice-creams

18.Paint

19.Find a new favourite song

20.Start a new hobby

21.Go to the movies

22.Find the perfect salad recipe

23.Start a blog

24.Go the the second hand bookshop

25.Make milkshakes

Have a great summer (or winter if you live in the northen hemisphere)

xxxPoppy

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Summer Nights

 It's summertime. December, Janurary and Feburary are the months of early morning walks, late nights, endless bbq's, swimmming, holidays and heat. One of my favourite parts of summer are the evenings...just before the sun goes down. Everything is so peaceful, warm- but not too hot, and calming. When I get the time I love going for a walk around this time of day. Whenever I go to the beach I try and make sure it is a daily occurance.
A few weeks ago, Abi and I went for a late evening walk, wandering the streets. We did almost get rained on, but it was still really relaxing and enjoyable. I've been playing around with the photos we took on that night, and here are my results. Enjoy, and don't forget to leave your thoughts below.

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Summer has come and passed...

Hi, just letting you know that this is an older post that Mop wrote at the beginning of February. Unfortunately she couldn't write her post for today so I am going to share her favourite summer memories. xPoppy

 Hi guys! It is I, Mop! This is my first post here at Poppy & Mop, and it's about my favourite summer memories. (Also, anyone notice the stunning similarity between this posts title and Green Day lyrics? 😂)

Camping with my mates

Gah. I sound all bogan-ish but it's true, I had loads of fun camping with Poppy and some awesome other friends at the beach to celebrate my birthday. We all enjoyed it loads, apart from when we thought we heard the ice cream truck, but it turned out to be the seafood van, and getting bluebottle stings was also not the best...

My beautiful new cousins

I now have another three little cousins, all who I love very much. I spent a lot of the holidays in Sydney, and even went to the beach with R, who didn't get to eat any chips. I am so grateful that all my cousins are healthy and safe.

Going to Newtown

While staying in Sydney I went to Newtown three times, because there is really nothing like it where I live. I got some pretty cool art supplies and school stuff. I think my favourite Newtown shops would be Art on King, Pentimento, Made590, Oragami Doll and those super cool by vinyl and record stores.

A day at the beach

My family and I had a wonderful time at the beach at Freshwater, near Manly, while we were in Sydney. We found a lovely fish and chips shop, as well as explored the rock pools and splashed around a bit.

Epic Christmas (as usual)

Everyone who I am even vaguely related to I see at the big Christmas dinner with my family (luckily Poppy was there) and I had the most fun playing laser tag, chasing my younger cousins and stuffing my face with pavlova and other food.

Seeing Poppy loads

I don't often get to see Poppy as often as I wish I did, because we live on opposite sides of the city. I got to see her loads over the holidays and I am so happy, because it all lead to this blog.
What are your favourite things to do in the holidays and on the weekends?

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