Another Burst Of Summer

Author: siggy

We will have another burst of summer–at least for two days.  I was wrong.  I thought we would not have any more nights this warm but we are going to:  the next two nights will be seventy and seventy-one degrees.  Maybe, this will be the last two nights this warm this year.  Then the temperature will plummet.  By Friday, the high will be seventy and then below seventy the next day.  Today and tomorrow it will hover around ninety.  We need to spend part of today in a park.  These days are numbered.  They are not calling for any rain today.

It was a warm and rainy day.  Fifty-three degrees and it felt good.  Two nights ago we actually had frost.  In the morning it was thirty-three degrees.  Today I got rid of the newspaper covering our large cactus.  I did not want to take any chances of the frost killing it.  The ten day forecast called for warm temperatures. Seventies and low eighties.  I don’t think we will get any more nights calling for frost.  Not for another few months, anyway.

The Robins Are Back

Author: siggy

The robins are back.  Yesterday, we drove around town to see how many we could spot.  We saw three or four.  Today I saw two in the backyard at the same time.  They are back and spring is coming.  I had to strip down to my tee shirt discarding my undershirt.  It still was not that warm.  I tried driving into town with my windows down.  I had to put them up again.  It was almost time to dig out my shorts.  It was almost too warm in my long pants.  It is forecast to hit the seventies several times in the next ten days so I might have to dig up my shorts after all.

I found an acorn on the ground:  Fall must be around the corner.  Temperatures now are lower.  It is still warm.  Kids are about to return to school.  I have my eyes open for the next season–Autumn.  I will still enjoy the higher temperatures but now I know they are on their way out.  Official summer is not done for a few weeks.  It is just winding down.  I will await the next season expectantly.  There is always the illusion each season will linger for ever but it is only that–an illusion.  And before you know it, the next one has arrived.