Whoosh! — did you hear that go by? I think it was summer.
It was going so fast, I almost missed it.
I
returned to Michigan a little early last spring because I
wanted to purchase a classic car and get some restoration
done on it. I also planned to finish fixing up my house.
A few new
windows and shutters were all that I had to do, so I was
sure I’d be done early this year. We wanted to extend
our annual fall trip north to view the colors and stop at
a few
Indian haunts. Just relax a bit before heading on the road
back south for the winter.
The
expression “time flies” sure caught up to me
this year. It’s only one more week before Labor Day weekend.
Let me assure you, planning does not make things happen, so
don’t waste your time doing it.
I
did get the classic, but only a couple weeks ago and the
dream cruise went by before I could even start the
restoration
project. My new windows are in but still waiting to be
trimmed with shutters. It’s hard for my builder
to get away from his big jobs he would like to complete
before
the snow
flies
to do my little shutter job.
We
can all be thankful we finally got some rain — some
more than others. It was much needed. Hopefully, some
of our crops benefited. It sure is nice to look out
the window
and
see green but I also see trees already shedding leaves.
Will our woods and forests survive all the diseases
and dry weather
they have been plagued with or succumb like most of
our ash trees have? What do you suppose Mother Nature will
surprise
us with this fall and winter?
Will
we have the usual beautiful color show we look forward to
each year? It would be nice if the weather
gods would
settle down a bit. A few cold nights by the campfire
popping whatever
corn didn’t pop in the fields this past hot summer would
be good. If the cold and snow would just be enough to ice fish
and snowmobile this year, I’m sure it would make some
of you that can’t go south a little happier.
As
for me, I’m hoping the hurricane season
skips Florida this year, the next month is the
one to watch
for the east
coast.
The
extreme drought throughout the country and mild winter last
year gives one reason to question
why
our weather
has changed so drastically. I’ve wondered if the earthquake
in Japan, that scientists claim caused the earth’s
plates to shift, thus resulting in our world
moving on its axis, could
be the cause. As I see it, something to think
about.