Summer is Coming

 

I remember watching the Game of Thrones where the statement was made over and over again that WINTER WAS COMING...  it was supposed to be a ominous statement full of warnings and forebodings...  it was to set the stage for something bad to happen, designed to get us concerned and worried...

I am more worried about SUMMER IS COMING than I would be about hearing WINTER IS COMING.

While winter is associated with cold, wind, snow, and ice...  I would submit that summer is associated with heat, humidity, thunderstorms, tornadoes, riptides, sunburn, and hydroplaning. 

Then you have insects, mosquitos, wasps, hornets, snakes, foxes, bears, and wild dogs...  of course, a lot of this depends upon where one lives.

While we tend to get out of the house more in the summer, we still have to be careful when we do because of the heat and humidity, especially if we are older and already fighting a deadly disease.

Don't get me wrong, I much prefer summer over winter but just because that is my preference does not mean that summer is always ONE HUNDRED PERCENT WONDERFUL...

Oh...  did I forget to mention that the grass really loves summer, and it is going to need mowing once a week and everyone mows one also needs to weed eat.  

Nowadays, when I am outside mowing or weed eating, I have to wear long pants and a long sleeve shirt, otherwise I get all sorts of mosquito bites which are no fun at all.

I mowed yesterday and will continue to mow through October...  I remember when it just used to be May through September...