Well, we are into August, the so-called dog days of summer. This year has had its share of 90 degree days, high humidity, severe storms and mosquitoes. While I don't like to see the destruction that can be caused, I do enjoy summer storms. I love the cracking of thunder and the downpours of rain. It's a refreshing sight to see our rain barrels being pummeled with rain falling from the eaves. To sit on the front porch watching the storms roll in and smelling the rain is being encased in reality.
Now the sunflowers, phlox, morning glories and hollyhocks are in full bloom. We are regularly eating Schonberg's sweet corn and soon the county fair will be here. The back to school sales are in full swing, and you can almost taste the fall suppers that will follow. Life keeps marching on with no way to stop it.
We have made it through another summer without air conditioning. When people ask how we can do it or look at us with amazement, I think of how for many centuries people survived without it and people around the world in much hotter places then here don't give it a thought. It's just living in the moment and knowing that summer means hot and winter means cold. When it becomes too much, we head over to Lake Burgen for a dip that cools you to the core.
Thought for the day: Deep Summer is when laziness finds respectability...Sam Keen
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