Woes and wonders

As anyone who follows my blog knows, I have a real love/hate relationship with the weather. It’s a big factor on my overall general mood at any given time. In a lot of respects I’m like a cat. I don’t want to be wet, I don’t get how anyone could enjoy snow or ice except through glass, and the dog days of summer are NOT my cup of tea.

The last few days we have entered the first phase of the coat – no coat season. This is when the temps are cool enough in the morning to need a coat, but by 9:00 you’re looking to shed the coat and some clothes. Of course the problem is in the afternoon when you have to lug all your coat and clothes to the bus stop, and try not to look like a bag lady. I live in fear that someone is going to offer me a handout.

This is also the hack and hack some more season. This season is much longer and will in fact last until next summer. It starts with the nasty nose that all of a sudden needs to be blown every hour on the hour, then progressed to a much more frequent schedule. Your snot are long and stingy and could in fact be used as an industrial adhesive. Then comes that nasty little congestion in the back of your throat that causes you to do that cough and spit thing that is sooo attractive. You’re basically in a state of constant Kleenex readiness. You may leave home without a coat, but you always have Kleenex!

There are some things that balance this pesky season. For instance, we have already had a few mornings when the fog gathers in the low areas and depressions of the landscape to give the world a mystic flavor. This morning we had an incredible sky show of velvety purples and neon oranges, that lightened to a perfect Tequila Sunrise. Soon the leaves will be turning in mass, giving us a colorful landscape with wood smoke scenting the air, its enough to make Hallmark envious.

I guess Mother Nature really does know her business. To distract us from our blowing, hacking and shivering woos, she gives us a show we can’t take our eyes off of.