Where's Summer?

We are having a miserable cold, rainy June. Just about every pitiful day I need a sweater, socks and an umbrella. I want my summer, now please.

Yesterday, in an attempt to conjure up some hot weather juju, I put together a splashy summer bracelet. It was inspired by marigolds and ice cubes.

It was raining and miserable for the last night of the Rochester International Jazz Festival. I slogged thru downtown to see Colombian songstress Marta Gomez. Hearing her was like summer had finally arrived.

The entire audience was transfixed.