Hot one today. First day of summer and all. I just look at it as the longest day of the year. They will be getting shorter from now on. Kinda anti climatic. No pun intended. When we were kids we couldn't wait for summer to get here. No school and fun in the sun. As adults it just means longer days for doing chores like cutting the grass. No two month break from work. Summer isn't all it's cracked up to be. I'm already looking forward to the fall. Guess it is just human nature. We always want something different. Always looking for the ideal. I do enjoy the cookouts. I don't swim very well so that holds little attraction.Never was much of a beach person. I'd rather be clamming or fishing than lying in the sun. And then there is the electric bill ! Stupid air conditioning. Didn't have that when I was a kid but really don't want to be without that now. I must be getting soft. And old people are supposed to like it hot ! Another myth dispelled.
Oh I suppose the fresh fruits and vegetables are very nice but not a real treat as they are available year round. It is not like it was years ago when that wasn't so. Now it is everything, all the time, if you want to pay the price.Makes you wonder if things are really better. In some ways I would have to say they are not. What is it they say, anticipation is half the enjoyment ? Now the seasons come and go with little other than holidays and the weather to mark their passing. I mean other than an occasional inconvenient snow storm or heat wave the weather has little effect upon us. Back in the old days the seasons were very important milestones during the year. That's where we got those sayings like you have to make hay while the sun is shining. If you didn't the winter wasn't gonna be a good one. Your animals would die and you probably would too. Canning and preserving where both vital. For everything there is a season ! Says that somewhere in the Bible. And those words are the truth. Perhaps man has altered the balance of the seasons. Mankind does have a habit of screwing things up.
So make good use of the summer. Extract from it all you can. Save some for the fall and long winter months to come. It doesn't last that long after all. All too soon the shadows grow long and the wind brings a chill.
Oh I suppose the fresh fruits and vegetables are very nice but not a real treat as they are available year round. It is not like it was years ago when that wasn't so. Now it is everything, all the time, if you want to pay the price.Makes you wonder if things are really better. In some ways I would have to say they are not. What is it they say, anticipation is half the enjoyment ? Now the seasons come and go with little other than holidays and the weather to mark their passing. I mean other than an occasional inconvenient snow storm or heat wave the weather has little effect upon us. Back in the old days the seasons were very important milestones during the year. That's where we got those sayings like you have to make hay while the sun is shining. If you didn't the winter wasn't gonna be a good one. Your animals would die and you probably would too. Canning and preserving where both vital. For everything there is a season ! Says that somewhere in the Bible. And those words are the truth. Perhaps man has altered the balance of the seasons. Mankind does have a habit of screwing things up.
So make good use of the summer. Extract from it all you can. Save some for the fall and long winter months to come. It doesn't last that long after all. All too soon the shadows grow long and the wind brings a chill.
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