What a great weekend! The sun was out, drenching all with its heat. I was there, basking in it. The moisture that came wasn't so bad, I knew it was going to come so I made room for it in my mind.... The sunset was awesome... it has been for the past few days. The varied hues of yellow perfectly depict the season..... a season full of light.
I had carefully been keeping track of the days getting darker a few minutes faster.... as if thinking that if I paid that much attention I could will the day to linger, longer than it needed to....
Man I love the heady days of summer. Where the world is a a glow with gold color. Afternoons are the very best....They get really quiet...they are like incredible paintings just waiting to be watched, to be soaked in deep. I love the clarity the heat brings to each day. Hot is hot, and it is supposed to be that...right? Why anything else during Summer? To layout and feel the heat get to that perfect temperature when your body says "Hey, let's get in the water k?" I always agree and getting in the water is wonderful.. the chill around the shoulders as they submerge causes the little shivers all over.... lingering with my arms over the side of the pool I wait until I really cool off, but then before I get too cold I climb out and lay flat on the hot cement pool side.... I feel the immediate burn and then feel the heat turn to warm. The wind blows and I feel that oh so yummy balance of chill and heat at the same time.
Summers are made for long drives, long walks, long bike rides and long conversations on a porch. Summers make room for great memories to be made. Early morning or late afternoons... the days are so extended they beckon for folks to come outside and be with it... Summer is for outside, but has a way of turning everything inside at the end of the proverbial summer's day. Being out with family only really means making small important internal connections....
The bike rides with the warm wind in my face felt right. It was very ok.... it felt familiar and like a friend it beckoned me to go a bit further, to discover country dirt roads I had never taken before, to look at farms, fields, homes and nature with new light, new filters with the only purpose to just..... discover, and soak and just....be.
Feels like the end of Summer, but oh what a Summer it was!! I squeezed almost every minute of it I could. I wasn't always busy, sometimes just super lazy.... whatever the day asked of me.... I gave freely.
I love Fall, but Summers feel like old friends. Easy to say hi to, easy to get a long with, always there when you need them.
So, this Labor Day reminds me the Sun has worked hard.... it deserves a rest I guess, so with the familiar ache of hurting good I watch one of the last sunsets after 8pm descend below the Earth's horizon while it spews forth amazing colors of light as if one last ditch effort to remind us of all it can do and be.....
Yes, it feels like the end of Summer......one last warm reassuring hug.
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