19th
June
2007
Seasonal precursors
posted in environment |
Living here in the north (relative to those south of me), I fully realize that the dates on my calendar for the “first day of” spring/summer/autumn/winter have very little to do with actual temperatures and everything to do with solar observation. WARNING: Do not look directly at the sun! There, you have been made aware of the dangers and can continue reading.
Actually, there are certain signs of the approach of summer that are much better indications than those rediculous dates calculated by some TI-Eighty-something pocket devices. Here are a few based on direct observation.
- Birds have stopped using my pool as a giant fecal reservoir. The plastic owl has failed for another season. Prepare for an owl to be fired for incompetence.
- The pool is now fit for swimming (see above, and thank some terrible chemical firm for massive doses of granular chlorine.
- The budget “surplus” is disappearing faster than snowbanks would in these temperatures. Today alone saw twenty new flatscreen monitors enter service in my building.
- I have refused to barbecue due to a sunburn risk.
- The dog was soaked with a garden hose and smiled a dripping thankyou to all present.
- The lawn is starting to slow its growth spurt. I may actually complete mower training 101 with a net grass level that is uniform.
- It is light before I get up and barely dark by the time I go to bed (current daylight period is roughly fifteen hours and fifty minutes). A decline in this timeframe is predicted starting two days from now. I am so accurate thanks to a little Javascript from someone in Russia.
- My coat is in the closet. Has been for several days now. I have found all my T-shirts from last year and verified that I still fit.
- My tax returns have all arrived.
- The shortest son is at his first after-exam party. Somewhere. Maybe I should worry…
- If I can last another eleven days at work, it will be time for MY summer holidays.
There are enough items for me to declare the summer season underway. Let us rejoice!
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