Accounting for Summer

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At exactly 4:44 p.m. last Sunday, summer slipped quietly into fall. That is both good and bad news.

Good news because fall comes with a new and exciting level of energy, one filled with rich smells, vivid colors and robust appetites. Bad news, because it brings me to an accounting for summer projects that sometimes leaves me wanting.

For example, I put a lot of time and energy into a vegetable garden that yielded very little. I won’t do it again. Likewise, I put a lot of money into grass seed and fertilizer for my heavily shaded back yard, and ended up with the same bare lawn sporting mere sprigs of grass that I’ve had for 20 years. Yeah, I’ll spend a lot of time reading about creative lawn care this winter and do it all again next spring.

I got the brick patio next to the deck completed, but left the walkway to the other side of the house for next year.

Our 40-year-old air conditioner expired just before the 90-degree heat wave hit. Unfortunately, it also happened before I won the lottery or was notified that a rich uncle had died and left me a fortune. Luckily, I found a used unit that I could afford, and we finished the summer in comfort.

We also lost all four of our giant spruce trees, victims of last summer’s drought. Look for a notice of free firewood later this fall.

I also took my little boat sailing on Eagle Creek seven or eight times. I realize it should have been more, and I promise to do better next summer.

Robert Browning tells us a man’s reach should always exceed his grasp, so I’m probably right where I should be. At least until I win the lottery or a rich uncle dies.


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