Summer is an Ugly Season

As I was sitting on my front porch, looking at the falling leaves in their various colors, watching the squirrels running and gathering food, digging holes and chasing others off, savoring the cool Autumn air, I thought to myself "fall is so pretty".

Then I began thinking about the other seasons, and how the outside of my new home is going to look come winter.

Winter is a beautiful season in Michigan. The pureness of the white snow, blanketed and sparkling on the lawn, icicles glittering off of the trees, the crisp bite of the winter air. I will watch my kiddos all bundled up playing in the snow or sipping hot chocolate, throwing snowballs, building a snowman or sledding. The skies are clear, and when the sun is shining and breathing becomes a visible phenomenon, one can be truly level minded... winter is full of beauty in nature.

Spring is fabulous as well. The flowers are all in bloom, the birds are singing, the cool air leftover from the winter is dancing with the sun and warming, so full of scents from the blooms and the growing grass, the smell of overturned dirt and the buzzing of various insects titillating the senses, restless children eager to go outside and run in the sunshine or play in the refreshing rain showers... Gorgeous.

So what can one say about summer? I say it is ugly. Think about it... Come late July and into August the heat is excruciating. Leaves are withering and grass is turning brown from lack of water and overexposure to the sun. The sun is menacingly beating down on rooftops and sidewalks. The smells of car exhaust lingering in the still air are disgusting. Mosquitoes are just as thirsty as the rest of us, and will stop at nothing to get a drink. Then I took into consideration the human population. Men and women dressed in virtually nothing, whether they look good in nothing or not. Sweaty and stinking, humans whine and complain about how hot it is and the size of their electric bills from running the air conditioning day and night.

Yep, summer is an ugly season, and I sure am glad another one is over.