Chances are, your heart melts a little every time you pass a cottage. | Southern Living

If you’re lucky, summer is the season of invitations to lake houses and backyard barbecues, beach cottages and picnics. And while propriety may relax a bit on some things (flip-flops and cover-ups, for instance, usurp the other seasons’ more buttoned-up dress codes), manners still matter; and as with any other time of year, it’d be plain wrong to show up for any of the fun empty-handed. Senior Homes Editor Betsy Watson shares why she started gifting puzzles, instead of her go-to bottle of rosé,