The Seasons

We remember four seasons from our childhoods. The earth was snow cover from Thanksgiving to the February thaw, and often again in March or even April. There was a beautiful green Spring and then a Summer that was hot and steamy, finally there was a clear blue Fall with jackets on in September. Until the past few years I can’t recall a summer that didn’t see a cold front cool two or three days in August down to the 70s.

Now there are two seasons; we alternate between the Jungle and the Tundra. Hot humid days with highs between 90° and 100° (sometimes even 105°) begin in May and carry on until the beginning of October. The other season is wet and gray with highs in the 40s or 50s; if there is snow that lasts a whole day that is rare. What was once Spring and Autumn lasts two or three weeks between the two.