a romanticized guide to having the best summer 🍓 *dream girlhood summer*

I’m a 59 year old grandmother who still pretends every day! Especially in summer. Even if it’s just in my mind and people can’t tell on the outside that on the inside I’m in a cooking competition, or Cinderella cleaning the villa, or visiting a secret garden. It makes my chores more fun. Also, a huge huge thanks for the messy mermaid hair!! I have a 9-year old granddaughter whose hair is straight in some areas and curly in others and no matter how she brushes it, it comes out exactly like messy mermaid hair. It totally delighted her when I showed her photos on Pinterest. She is actually proud of her hair now!! Thank you!! You made a child happy!!!

as a fall girlie i REALLY need this video to get thru the summer unscathed 😭😭

As a summer depression person (yeah that’s a real thing, like winter depression) my summer routine is: stay inside and survive! Too much sunlight and heat causes me to have circulatory collapse, migraines, extreme tiredness and nausea. Not to mention that I burn like a vampire. Summer is simply no fun. In autumn, winter and spring, however, I have full batteries.

I feel so validated coming to the comments section and seeing I’m not alone in getting seasonal depression in the summer, it’s such a struggle for me. It’s already high nineties where I am 😫

"Snacklebox" is the innovation and forward thinking we need.

A Swedish folklore student here! Usually it's said that you'll dream of your future spouse, but I really enjoy the idea of it "just" being your heart's desire. There are so many different variations to this folk tradition - pick the flowers during silence (and not speak until you've woken up the morning after), jump over seven fences while picking said flowers... Midsummer is definitely my favorite celebration, tied with our Swedish Lucia/St. Lucy's day.

The parent trap is such a perfect summer movie! Definitely add that one to the list!

Books: What the River Knows - Isabel Ibanez Under a Dancing Star - Laura Wood Never - Jessa Hastings The Adventures of Amina El-Sifari - Shannon Chakraborty This Summer Will Be Different - Carley Fortune The Sunken City - Emma V R Noyes Films: Letters to Juliet Monte Carlo The Great Gatsby Rear Window Magic in The Moonlight Series: Maxton Hall Outer Banks H2O: Just Add Water

I'm Swedish and the 7 flowers under your pillow is supposed to make you dream of your future husband, I used to love doing that as a kid with my cousins at midsummer and asking eachother who we dreamt of in the morning (have never dreamt of anyone yet though lol). I loved this video, inspired me so much and I feel so excited for summer!🐚🌸

I have never seen a video posted “15 seconds ago” but I already know I’m gonna love it so there’s no risk in liking it

I was LITERALLY about to watch one of your old “summer starter pack” videos and this popped up! You knew I needed this today

Please make sure your snackleboxes are made of food safe materials ❤ Also, my summer show rec is Rosemary and Thyme. A gardening focused cozy British murder mystery series.

(watching Desi having fun outside) (looks at thermostat that currently reads an exterior temperature of 91 degrees Fahrenheit) (looks at the gnats and mosquitos swarming outside the window) (sighs heavily)

I love these seasonal series of yours soooo much. Can’t even describe it enough. Please don’t stop doing them, year after year it’s so inspiring to watch!

I get seasonal depression in the spring and summer, this video and the other summer videos help so much to look at the good things summer can bring!

Hi, Desi! I have really enjoyed this video and all of your recommendations, like always 😊. As a girl who has been living her whole life in a tiny little village in the south of Spain, where traditions and popular folcklore keep being honored, I have grown up seen my grandmother carrying out a special ritual for summer's solstice. That evening, we fill a bowl with water from 7 different fountains and then we add rose petals and rosemary. The bowl must spend the night outside, receiving moonlinght. The next day, you have to wash your face with this water, which is thought to be magical... this way you make sure that you keep your beauty for another year!!

A Daisy summer starting pack to watch after a glorious afternoon spent reading a L.M. Montgomery book in the hammock? Yes please!

It's so strange to think there is a part of the world where people enjoy and yearn for summer! As an Indian summer is the season I hate the most. And it's literally different variations of summer for 7-8 months here. With temperature reaching 45-50 C (113-122 F) and high humidity. It's literally unbearable. I would trade everything to be able to live somewhere with wintery gloomy weather throughout the year!!.... So good to see you enjoy your summer. 😊

What I love the most about your videos is that they remind me to get back to the child I once was and have mostly left behind. Its sad really to grow up and it reminds me of what Taylor Swift says “before I learned civility I used to scream ferociously every time I wanted”. Thanks for reminding me to embrace fun outdoor activies, snack boxes and a good cheesy romcom.

Sometimes all a person needs is a little 'Darling Desi'! 💛🌻