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Speaker 1: Bedtime with Missus Honeybee. Today in the Honeybee neighborhood, we'll

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be constructing the perfect summer day.

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Speaker 2: What's your perfect summer day, Missus Honeybee.

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Speaker 1: Hmmm, I'll have to think about that. What about yours,

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my dear?

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Speaker 2: I love relaxing in the sunshine, but hmmm, it's hard

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to say what the perfect summer day would be. What

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about you, Melani?

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Speaker 1: Be easy.

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Speaker 3: The perfect summer day is playing in the sprinklers.

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Speaker 2: Oh oh no, no, no, no no. It's going to the beach.

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Oh oh no, no, no no.

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Speaker 3: It's having a cool party.

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Speaker 2: Oh no, no, no no.

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Speaker 1: Not so simple of a question to answer. Huh, I

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guess not.

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Speaker 2: How are we going to figure this out? Will have

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to become Summer Day Detectives, an experiment with all the

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best possible summer days.

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Speaker 1: Let's finally get to the bottom of this age old question.

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Speaker 3: What does the most perfectest summer day in town?

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Speaker 1: All you have to do is close your eyes, get cozy,

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and listen to the sound of my voice. Missus Honeybee

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will be your guide. Let's begin. You are here walking

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up to our porch on a beautifully sunny day. The

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sun is so bright that to see our smiling faces

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looking back at you from the cozy porch chairs, you

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have to shade eyes a bit with your hands, take

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a slow, deep rep in through your nose, feel the

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coolness of the air coming in through your nose as

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the sunshine warms your skin. Then slowly breathe all the

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way out through your mouth and bend down to catch

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Harold in your arms as he runs towards you with

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so much excitement. You scoop him up in your arms

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and he wiggles every which way to make sure his

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puppy kisses don't miss a single spot. Hello, my little

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honey bee, you're here just in time to help us

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settle something we can't quite figure out.

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Speaker 3: What do you think we should do today? It's so

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lovely outside. We want to soak up every sparkling moment

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of this perfect summer day.

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Speaker 2: Obviously that means we should go fishing and enjoy a

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lazy day on the Honey River. Obviously, not so obvious.

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Speaker 1: I think we're already having the most perfect summer day.

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A nice relaxing afternoon spent reading on the porch. That's it.

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That sounds like the best way to spend our time.

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Speaker 4: Maybe after we have buzzed far and wide on a

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pollinating adventure, finding new flowers and following our inner sense.

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Speaker 3: Of exciting life. Oh antag, we have to play tag in.

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Speaker 1: The sprinklers, you see, my little honeybee. We're at a

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stand still, and the morning is floating by the sun

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will set before we know it. What do you think

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sounds best? You think to yourself, for a moment, petting

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Harold's fluffy ears to help you focus on the task

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at hand. He looks up at you with his happy

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brown eyes, and you remember that there isn't ever just

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one way. There are usually multiple ways, which are all great,

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but for different reasons. Because of that, you look back

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to us, eagerly awaiting your judgment, and gleefully suggest that

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we do all of them.

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Speaker 2: That's a really good idea, my little honeybee. How else

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can we determine scientific precision what makes the most perfectest

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summer day? Besides actually doing all the options?

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Speaker 3: Great idea, as always, little honey bee. So the only

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question left is what do we do first?

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Speaker 1: Well, if we start with a pollination adventure that could

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lead us to the Honey River for a lazy fishing afternoon,

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then we can end with a relaxing read on the porch.

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Speaker 2: Let's do it.

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Speaker 1: Harold leads the way, with Melody Bee buzzing closely behind.

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She's sniffing out some flowers for us to see and

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is excited to see them for herself. We set off

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into this summertime adventure with our faces to the sunshine

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and our smiles big. Take another slow, deep breath in

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through your nose, fill your chest, and your spirit's lift.

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Excited for this day and all the possibilities it will bring.

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Then slowly breathe all the way out through your mouth

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and peruse the colorful flowers as they come into view.

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Lining the sidewalks and even breaking through the cracks, Melody

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Bee started, then quickly stopped a game of tag to

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admire one of these little yellow dandelions who managed to

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crack through the concrete with a force much greater than

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we assume it had.

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Speaker 3: Stop stop tag time out, careful not to step on

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this guy. Would you look at him? He broke through

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the sidewalk and poked up his head just to say hello.

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Do you know how hard that is?

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Speaker 1: At Melody B's suggestion, we all try our best to

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follow in the footsteps of this earth shattering dandelion and

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break through the concrete that stays stubbornly in place.

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Speaker 2: Whew, this sidewalk isn't going anywhere, at least not until

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the next dandelion or tree root decides it wants some sunshine.

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Speaker 1: Who knew such a tiny looking flower could choose to

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reach up and break apart something so strong. Melody Bee

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gathers a bit of the bright yellow pollen in her

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satchel and blows at a big kiss to pollinate the dandelion.

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As we walk, we begin to notice all the places

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where plants and flowers have broken through the asphalt and

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concrete substances we consider so strong that they are chosen

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as the foundation of our civilization. Not so, or so,

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we learn. We pollinate and play tag all the way

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to the banks of the Honey River, where mister Honeybee's

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fishing boat lays up against the trunk of a tree,

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waiting for us. The refreshing sounds of a cool river

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seem to be calling us, and since we've n out

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in the sun for so long, we are excited to

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answer that call. We lean down to splash our hands

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and feet in the water. Harold belly flops into the

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river like he usually does, then hops in the boat

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and shakes off all his fur, sprinkling us with a

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refreshing mist that glistens in the sunshine on our skin.

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Speaker 2: Are you already for the most perfect summer day activity?

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Speaker 3: I think we already had that, mister Honeybee.

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Speaker 2: But this is a close second. I'll give you that.

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Speaker 1: If only this boat floated to the porch then had

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a bookshelf, then I think it would be the most perfect.

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Not wanting to waste any more summertime with debate, Harold

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shepherds us out on to the water. We push off

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the shore and let the little fishing boat float as

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it pleases along the currents of the Honey River. Take

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another slow, deep breath in through your nose. Feel the

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coolness of the air coming in through your nose like

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its own river that finds its way directly to your lungs.

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Allow the fresh air to invigorate you. Then slowly breathe

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all the way out through your mouth until every last

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drop of air is released, and let yourself feel heavy

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in the boat, supported and floating effortlessly.

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Speaker 2: This is it, This is the best right.

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Speaker 1: Here, mister honeybee kicks up his bare feet on the

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side of the boat and leans all the way back

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with his hands behind his head and his hat over

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his eyes for a little snooze. To give this activity

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a fair try, we all follow soup and stretch out

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to soak in the sunshine and fresh air. Look all

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the way to one side toward the endless Honey River

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until you can feel a little stretch. Then look all

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the way to the other side, where you can see

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the river rolling down from the mountain, until you can

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feel a little stretch on that side too. Bring your

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head back to a comfortable setd and clear your mind

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of any intruding thoughts, worries, or concerns, like mister honeybee,

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who has now fallen asleep. Let yourself float and nothing else.

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We're just floating, floating, floating down the Honey River. Our

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fishing poles hang over the edge of the boat, with

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our feet doing most of the work for us, while

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the river does the rest. We achieve a deep, restorative

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relaxation that lulls us to a sunshine nap. When fish

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nibble the bait on our lines, we wake up to

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see them, say hi, and toss them back in the

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river with extra bait for their fish, friends and family.

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We continue on down the river, doing nothing at all

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and enjoying it thoroughly, especially after such an active adventure

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to the banks of the Honey River, pollinating almost every

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flower we came across. When the boat gently floats onto

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the shore, back in the direction from where we came,

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we hop out and stroll our way back home to

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enjoy our last summertime activity before making a decision about

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which is the most perfectest. Now onto what I'm sure

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you all will find to be the best summer day

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activity to start. It's crucial to begin noticing the little thing,

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appreciating the colors and textures and feeling of each moment

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we move into and out of. Let's walk through the

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grass without our shoes on.

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Speaker 2: Oh, I like this, It's so squishy and bitchy.

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Speaker 1: We notice the colorful butterflies that fly by, the sweet

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smell of ripening strawberries, and feel the soft grass bending

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beneath our feet with each step. Right foot, left foot,

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right foot, left foot. When we get back home to

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our front porch, our favorite books are waiting for us,

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along with fresh squeeze lemonade and tea. I bring us

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little nibbles of watermelon and other summer fruits to enjoy

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at our leisure as we sink into our second favorite worlds, because,

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as we all know, the Honeybee neighborhood is our first

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favorite one.

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Speaker 3: Woo, this is quite nice, missus honey Bee.

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Speaker 2: I must admit we're missing a bit of the movement

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floating on the river, but this is nice, especially as

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an end to a fun filled day.

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Speaker 1: See, I told you this was the best.

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Speaker 2: WHOA, I wouldn't go that far, my dear.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, we haven't put it up for a vote. What

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do you think, little honey Bee?

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Speaker 1: Harold captures the mood with a being yawn. As you

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think about your answer, take a sligh deep breath in

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through your nose, bring your awareness to the sensation of

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your heart beating once, twice, three times overflowing with joy.

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Then slowly breathe all the way out through your mouth

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and reflect on just how much fun you've had today.

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While you can't come to an easy conclusion, you do

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see a pattern forming in your final judgment of what

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constitutes the most perfectest summer day. You ask us what

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these three activities all have in common, and we puzzle

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over the question as we relax on the porch. Before

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any of us can get our answers, Harold is distracted

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by a little bird that swoops down to entice him

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into a game of tag, which Melody Bee happily joins

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without invitation. Mister Honeybee laughs and follows along until he

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makes it over to his garage where he has his

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new fishing pole waiting. Without thinking about it, he uses

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the last bit of sunshine to help him polish it

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up until it sparkles. He lugs out his new tackle

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box and carefully organizes all the different baits he has

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into the little squares. He tries on his new fishing

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vest and calls you over to try on yours. It

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has plenty of pockets, which is an improvement from you

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her own tattered vest that has been used up until

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the last threads cannot hold it together anymore. I smile

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at everyone and lean back in my favorite rocking chair,

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feeling grateful that you and I and mister Honeybee and

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Melody Bee and Harold get to spend all this time

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together no matter what we're doing. And that is when

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I realize the answer to your question. As Melody Bee

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chases Harold and Harold chases her back as mister Honeybee

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proudly holds up his gleaming fishing pole that is just

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about ready for his next fishing trip. As we sit

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back and relax on the porch, sipping sweet lemonade and

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nibbling on delicious snacks without a care in the world,

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we realize that the most perfectest summer day is exactly

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what we're doing. It doesn't have to be anything special.

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In particular, we could spend the sunshine hours doing nothing

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much at all. But if we're doing it together, we're

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doing it right. That togetherness makes memories, and summertime is

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for sweet fun memories. We let that realization sink in

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as we sink into our chair. You eventually cannot resist

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Harold and Melody's game of tag, and mister Honeybee cannot

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resist showing you a new technique for casting a fishing line.

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I sit back and watch all of these memories take

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place without any of you noticing, and for that I

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am beyond grateful to have discovered what makes the most

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perfect summer day. Always remember, missus Honeybee believes in you.

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You are special, and you are loved. I can't wait

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to see you again.