Watermelon & Cucumber Vodka Cocktail

Once named for the 4th of July; the Firecracker, is a bright Watermelon & Cucumber Vodka Cocktail, that is fantastic all summer long!

Anyone who has followed this blog for any length of time might recognize that I have not posted quite so much. I've been dealing with a long bout of pneumonia and lung issues so hopefully this Watermelon & Cucumber Vodka Cocktail will make up for my absence; it has been a big hit this summer!

This cocktail is such a unique combination of flavors but the end result is beautiful and so tasty; great for all of your summer get picnics and barbecues.

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Cucumber adds an unexplainable element to this drink; more of a clean refreshing quality than the taste of a veggie...and it's so good! I was lucky to have a bottle of Prairie Cucumber Vodka on hand...such a unique and cool addition to this drink.

I moved into this house with a builder landscaped front yard and just grass and rock and more rock in the back yard and I thought I could handle it. I had worked for years landscaping the yard at my old house and honestly didn't think I had it in me to start again.

I was wrong. In the ten years I have now lived here, I have completely redone the front and back yards, built a huge deck and added a small sidewalk and patio to the side and back of the house. I particularly love the large trees we put in that first year; for those of you who have always had large trees you might not appreciate how exciting it is to actually have dappled shade on my deck!

Daisies, yarrow, purple speedwell and ever-blooming daylilies provide the mass of blooms I longed for. It seems to have gone quickly but then I think...TEN YEARS!

But the beauty of reminding myself of all of this work today is being able to make a cocktail and enjoy it outside on my deck without having to try and kill myself with work first. Ahhh....this feels like luxury. And nothing better than this simple Watermelon & Cucumber Vodka Cocktail.

I was fortunate to have a bottle of Prairie Organic Cucumber Vodka on hand; it was sort of perfect for this Watermelon & Cucumber Vodka Cocktail. Prairie has taken their corn-distilled vodka and added garden fresh cucumber flavor.

As much as we enjoyed the cucumber vodka, in lieu of purchasing a bottle, simply add a couple of slices of cucumber when you muddle together the lime and watermelon; that should do the job nicely.

I loved the simplicity of this vodka blend; pretty straightforward without additional flavor notes. One reviewer said, and it's true, 'A quiet recreation of cucumber sandwiches, hold the sandwiches.'

The thing about cucumber in a cocktail is that it's not extraordinary; but is at the same time. It's adds a cool element, much like cucumbers do to a salad or sandwich. Not overwhelming or overpowering, nope just something almost indiscernible yet still so refreshing.

This is so perfect; one of those ultra refreshing cocktails that I think you also need to have ready after a day of that gardening stuff. It may look like a Firecracker, but it's not just a beautiful look; this is one damn fine cocktail!

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