The Fruits of Summer
by Zinta Aistars
Call me mad, but really, I would prefer to wake to a sparkling white morning, the trees lacy with snow, the ground covered with fluffy white, and those fat flakes falling soft, soft, melting in my upturned palm.
But it is mid July, and the days are searing hot. We have just sweated through days of 90s (Fahrenheit) and the upcoming week promises to be the same. Blistering heat, skies blue and with only an occasional wisp of a cloud, nothing between great gold sun and us.
There a...
Call me mad, but really, I would prefer to wake to a sparkling white morning, the trees lacy with snow, the ground covered with fluffy white, and those fat flakes falling soft, soft, melting in my upturned palm.But it is mid July, and the days are searing hot. We have just sweated through days of 90s (Fahrenheit) and the upcoming week promises to be the same. Blistering heat, skies blue and with only an occasional wisp of a cloud, nothing between great gold sun and us.
There a...
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Jul 20, 2011 03:44AM
Nice! Now will we wish for summer when we get six feet of snow on the ground and temperatures in the teens?
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Oh no, not me. I never wish for summer. My least favorite season. But I do wish for raspberries ...
I happen to like autumn but we never seem to have one any more. The weather here in NJ just goes from summer to winter. Speaking of raspberries, years ago on my parents' farm in Vermont we had a raspberry patch which yielded marvellous fruits. But in the middle of the patch lived a groundhog who got the first fruits always! Lucky fellow!
Lucky groundhog. Yes, weather here in Michigan is moving the same way, to two seasons, winter and summer. I start to feel that sense of dread already midway through spring. Today we hit 99 with a heat index of nearly 110. And I hear it's much worse in other places ... and I think heading your way?
Hi, Zinta,Yes, the heat wave hits here today. There are warnings out for people to be careful out in the heat. I have an author's signing today and plan on getting home to air conditioning ASAP. Stay cool and indoors if possible, my friend. :-) Alice
Thanks, Zinta, it went well. Did I sell a lot of books? No way, but I like the people who visited with me. Stay cool! :-) Alice
