So, here we are again. Another seasonal countdown. Like my Countdown to Spring series, I will be inanely blogging every day on the theme of transitioning from one season to the next. Unlike the earlier series, this one will be mercifully shorter. Only 17 days, thank goodness (go ahead – try and admit you weren’t thinking it).
I’m going to start with the fact that this weekend is NOT the end of summer.
Yes, I know most schools which didn’t open last week will be opening this coming Tuesday, heralding the end of summer vacation for kids of all ages, their parents who will be breathing a sigh of relief and shedding a tear of regret all at the same time, as well as the return to normal routine (and paychecks for some) for the teachers and all the people who help our educational systems run.
Yes, vacation spots and summer tourist attractions will be winding down. Yes, the end of summer sales events and back to school sales will also be coming to an end soon. Save some money for Black Friday – they’ve already started putting out Christmas decorations in some stores.
Yes, birds are starting to flock and some even starting to migrate. Some of the the human ‘snowbirds’ are also closing up shop, packing up and heading out to their winter homes.
Even meteorologists are calling this long weekend the end of summer. That might suggest that cooler conditions are settling in when these folks call it a season. Uh, no, not really. September can still be nasty. It is the peak of the hurricane season, which means that it’s still warm enough out over the oceans for these storms to develop right down to the end of the month and sometimes beyond.
So, no, it’s not over. The astronomical end of summer, when the sun’s intensity is at its strongest at the equator and the day and night are of equal length, is on September 23rd..
That’s September 23rd at 4:21 AM EDT, People! The heck with everyone else’s timetables! I can legitimately deny it for a while longer. That means that up until 4:20:59 AM on 9/23/15, I will insist it’s still summer even if the temperatures dip into the 30s at night in my area by that point. So there – nyah!
Only 17 days until Fall.
Click to view the next entry
No comments:
Post a Comment