Summer…It must be something about the heat and the smell of chlorine, fresh-cut grass and honeysuckle, asphalt sizzling after late-day thunderstorms, the steam rising while everything drips around it. Something about long, lazy days and whirring air conditioners and bright plastic flip-flops from the drugstore thwacking down the street. Something about fall being so close, another year, another Christmas, another beginning. So much in one summer, stirring up like the storms that crest at the end of each day, blowing out all the heat and dirt to leave everything gasping and cool.
Yes – all of it. As the trees begin to look exhausted from supporting its leaves and the leaves show the beginnings of a yellowish tinge; the anticipation of new school supplies…and the concurrent need to hold on to this season with arms outstretched.
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Awww, beautifully stated Mimi…yes.
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Beautiful, and I’m starting to see the signs of the impending change of seasons
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So it’s not just me! I thought it was too early but I’m seeing signs too.
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Yep, they are coming….all around us, the signs.
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Yes, geese flying south already!
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They are…..
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Yep, they are coming….all around us, the signs.
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David, this is so good. I’d like to re-blog it but don’t see a way to do that. HELP!
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Hi Gordon. Not sure what is going on. I checked WordPress support and they say:
“The Reblog button only shows to users who are logged in at WordPress.com.”
Are you logged in?
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As far as I know, but, then, what do I know?
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Whatever you did, it worked!
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WordPress.com also say that you can:
“You can also click the Share button from the Reader. This will open the post editor on your site so you can make changes before publishing! ”
https://en.support.wordpress.com/reblogs/
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I wasn’t aware I could do that. Tx.
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Ahhh all those scents and sounds and, while the heat and humidity are still present, the evenings just got cooler, the air feels different, there are signs already. There is that: bring on fall but not too fast as time is going way too fast.
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Way way too fast.
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Made me smile. This MUST be an American writer (and of course, it is, indeed…. as the English Old School ppl would say!). We have NONE of the above, but really none. Not even the freshly cut grass, as we have NO rain and what used to be grass, is a brown, rustling prairie. We had some rain today, exceptionally it seems and it was like Manna!!
Happy Sunday to all of you.
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She is. And most of us, except our esteemed Kiki, reside here!
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Don’t let Dale see that!!! She will have you for supper…. 🙂 🙂 🙂
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Ha!!
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forget what the song says, Summer is the most wonderful time of the year!
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It is Jim. Right after Autumn!😀
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It was bound to happen; our first disagreement in seven years of reading your blog. I hope we can get past this. 🙂
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Laughing. Good one Jim.
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I guess that because your occupation enables you to fully enjoy the Summer season doesn’t hurt either. 😃
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it is one of the perks of the job! 🙂
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HUGE perk!!!!👍
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I have a lot of lazy days
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Great for you. You will live a long life…
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