Pollyanna that I am, I can give you so many reasons to love Winter, Spring and Summer. Excellent seasons full of things to give you so much joy. But they do have some faults.
In the Winter you are more than likely to be cold. Sure there are lots of places where you won't feel a chill, but let's just look at the continental US here. A great deal of this area will be plagued with unbelievably frigid temperatures, blinding snowstorms and astronomical heating costs. If you don't have a garage you have to get up a half hour earlier just to put on all the clothing needed to go out and start your car so you can sit in it before you go to work. However, if you love it there is sledding, snowboarding and skiing. You can enjoy some great hot foods and what better TV is there than the Oscars, People's Choice, Grammys, et al? Then there is the Superbowl. Winter has some big ups and some big downs.
In the Spring who doesn't feel good? It's getting warmer and new life is busting out all around you. If you live in place where Spring actually lasts the full three months you are blessed. In NC a typical Spring lasts from about April 15th to May 15th. This gives you about a month to deal with the clothing transition. Believe me more times than not I've worn a coat on April 14th and shorts and a tank top on May 16th. There are those of us who live for the day they can go to the garden center and come home to start digging and there are those who dread the day when it's time to break out the lawnmower. Plus, this is the season that all of your allergies surface. You are starting to recover from heating bills and leftovers from Christmas. Then you start to receive invitations to graduations and weddings and the gifts to buy. In the Spring, weather is volatile. You can get hit by a tornado or driving rains. TV is great. You find out who will win "American Idol" and "Dancing With The Stars". In addition, your favorite shows will deliver some great endings. You are all about NCAA basketball.
I suppose if I conducted a Poll, seventy five percent would pick Summer as their favorite season. Why not? It is vacation time, pool time and flip flop time. It amazes me that so many people, my children included, will pull out the shorts and flip flops long before it is warm enough to actually wear them. People will start to cultivate their tans, through tanning beds, sprays and lotions. No one wants to be lily white in the summer. There is a mass exodus to the ocean, lake or whatever body of water is close by. It is the time to be outdoors with family and friends, the grill is always hot, there is always a baseball game to go to and who doesn't love the fireworks on the 4th of July? However, Summer is unmercifully HOT. I can remember when there was no air conditioning in houses or cars. In the house, you raised the windows and found a tree to sit under outside. Your only relief in the car was to roll down the windows. You always carried a paper fan.....Flash forward fifty years and we can not even imagine a life without AC. The Summer also brings deadly thunder storms and the beginning of hurricane season. It used to be that there was nothing on TV but reruns in the Summer, now, with our nine million channels it is not a concern.
Now to my favorite season. No one loves flowers more than me, but the colors of the trees in fall is breathtaking. The sky becomes a shade of blue that cannot be recreated. The temperatures become crisp and cooler. Extreme weather is almost non-existent. It is back to school time which delights me as I love the smell of a new notebook, sharp pencils, markers, shiny backpacks, bed risers and extra long twin sheets. Plus, with back to school comes football season, from pee-wee to professional, there is nothing like attending a game on a glorious Fall day. The new TV season starts and you start to plan for Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Sure there are leaves to rake, but how could you not love this season? I love it so much that when my Son got married it was to a woman named Autumn.
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