Summer. A favorite season to many but not everyone.
It sneaks in sometimes in May with a few days in the seventies or even the eighties. But then spring says ‘not so fast’ and brings the temperature back to the fifties or even the forties. May is the preparation month for summer. Everything is turning green, the grass, the trees and the flowers are starting to bloom. Summer is saying ‘look out here is come!’ .
June is when summer makes its presence known. It may start out cool but by mid-month the temperatures are rising and there even might be a heat wave. The days are longer and the nights are shorter. It’s time to put the jeans and sweatshirts away replaced by shorts and short sleeved shirts. Everything is in full bloom now and gardens planted in May are starting to grow. June might be the time for the first trip to the beach. The sun feels so good relaxing in the sand. The water temperature is still cold but you go in anyways. ‘Refreshing” you say as your feet turn blue! It does feel good thought after laying in the sun.
July is when summer shows it’s full colors. Heat wave as more frequent with temperatures reaching the nineties or even one hundred. This is when you hear people saying ‘its no the heat but the humidity’. It can get pretty humid and many will retreat to air-conditioned homes. It’s the time for forth of July parades and picnics. It’s the time for and ice cold beer in a frosted glass or maybe a margarita or some other tropical drink. It’s a time to go to a baseball game where you enjoy an overpriced hot dog and beer while you root on the home team. Its also a time for ice cream, that might melt over your hand before you can eat it all.
August is a mixed month. It can start out as hot as July and there might be another heat wave. But by the end of the month with the days getting shorted there might be a chill in some nights. Most vegetables are harvested by now and the grass isn’t growing as fast.
September is the month where summer says “not so fast, I’m not done yet”. The days in early September can be as warm as July but the nights are starting to feel a little cooler. The days are getting shorted and don’t hold the heat as much. It’s a time for state fairs where the slightly cooler temperatures are welcomed. By the end of the month when autumn sneaks in it might be time to bring out the jeans and sweatshirts again.
By October summer is over but might come back for a curtain call as “Indian Summer”. The temperatures might reach the seventies for a few days but it’s short-lived. By the end of the month there will probably be frost on the pumpkins and summer has retreated for another year.