This looks like the perfect Cindy summer afternoon--being outside in nature with some good friends and some picture books!  Berries and jam are two of my favorite things about summer.  I always make fresh strawberry jam from just-picked berries to have a taste of summer for afternoon teas in Darkest Winter.  I also make my childhood favorite, Santa Rosa plum jam made from my own plums, but it never lasts that long!

Cindy loves the cafe scene!   I don't usually drink caffeine, it's too strong for me.  I'm probably the only person in the world addicted to decaf!  Do you recognize everyone in my cafe?  Sigmund Freud, Oscar Wilde, Mister Rogers, and Morrissey!  The conversation would be memorable!  But obviously I would ignore all of them and read some sonnets and probably eat that donut!  

Cindy catches a wave!  I love going to the beach.  Someday I want to have an old convertible VW bug, a big black dog named Louie who likes to swim and catch Frisbies, and to go over to the beach with him every day and surf!  Maybe I would stop on the way home and buy Louie a burrito because he would like them.

It can happen when you least expect it!   I really did have a beloved pet hamster named Rosie I would carry around in my pockets for fun, and just recently I had a few tiny teddy bears in my purse for a few weeks.  You never know when you're going to need one! 

I just did this picture for my little cousin, Jessica.  Jessica wants to be a fairy, and so do I!  This is the kind of fairy I want to be, The Cake Fairy!  I'd fly around and wave my magic wand with magic dust on it and poof! there'd be delicious cake.  My sidekick Sweetheart the puppy would be The Cupcake Fairy.  I'd keep a glass of milk handy in my furry purse because I like to have milk with cake, and so would Sweetheart!  And I'd wear lighted birthday candles on my crown in case we needed some cake at night!