Aaah, the crisp, warm air filling your nostrils as you playfully walk through a pile of leaves on the ground. It’s cool enough for a light sweater but warm enough as to where you don’t need a coat. It’s…
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Oh. Step back one season. No, it’s…SUMMER! You sweat as soon as you step outside, fresh from your first shower of the day (and you’ll need 3 more before bedtime). If you’re in the south, the humidity will make you all nice and sticky, making you a walking magnet for all breeds of mosquito.
It’s so damn hot that it’s next to impossible to enjoy anything outdoors, such as the car shows that I love oh so much. How in the hell can I think about what a cool engine or paint job I’m looking at when the sun is literally sizzling my brain into mush?
While at a car show a month ago, I actually thought of that Twilight Zone episode, where a woman dreams that the Earth got out of orbit and was getting closer and closer to the sun. Everything melted, then she died a very painful (hot) death.
Well, you say, then wait until nighttime. Yep, good deal. Once the sun goes down, mosquitoes and other blood-sucking creatures (vampires included) come out and can’t WAIT to feast upon your deliciousness. So on goes a whole can of OFF or other repellent, which does repel more than the bugs.
However, without the warmth of the earth and sun combined, we would not have our bountiful harvests come autumn. There would be no life without the sun period, so I shall still give credit where it’s due.
Plus, the thought of enjoying a nice cool popsicle during a snowstorm isn’t very appealing.
HAPPY SUMMER, EVERYONE!