Written on August 25, 2010 by Mz Gina

Summer includes so many wonderful things. Flowers add color to the landscape and complement the grass that needs to be cut. Triggering those lovely allergies -watery, itchy eyes; stuffy noses, runny noses; sinus pain, pressure and headaches. Let us not forget hives: to itch like crazy as those cute red bumps swell, grow and multiply. Ah, ragweed–ah choo, and my ears are clogged. Then there were those who had the pleasure of having poison ivy or poison oak. Flea bites, tick bites and mosquito bites, oh my! What have you little “buggers” got that you wish to share with the rest of us?

Speaking about bugs, what is up with those June bugs -they got to be a city cockroaches’ cousins. Same as crabs and then there is that soft shell crab, they are related, right? Slugs come out in the dampness and humidity (which we certainly had quite a bit of that, ask anyone with COPD, asthma and arthritis). Heck, LIPA did well this summer, chaching.  Humidity + asthma = lots of air conditioning. As a matter of fact they are calling me, so do you think they would like to thank the family for our usage? NOT!

Thank you to all the squirrels and raccoons who brought such joy trying to chew through the attic vents, scaring off all the little bunnies that at one time ate those bothersome dandelions and those responsible for successfully eating holes in the garbage cans. Holes in the bottoms, holes in the covers and we spread debris everywhere. They are as annoying as house guest that you can not wait for them to leave. Yes, summer brings that too!

The unwanted, when are you leaving or you just wore out your welcome ‘House Guest’. You know the kind, you make a pot of coffee and have a cup, they brought their equivalent to a 7-11 “Big Gulp” mug. So don’t you be thinking about a enjoying a second cup in the morning, cause you have no more half and half either- it’s in the mug too! The best is a guest that used a large framed photo of a family member as a coaster and left a coffee ring on the glass, like you wouldn’t notice that. Then you have the guest that breaks something and says nothing, like the shower head falls off when you turn the water on, the ice cubes stuck together and the pick they used to break it apart chipped your porcelain sink (Oops, did I do that?). Of course it is always fun to wake up and the house guest that came in late last night left the front door unlocked. (Yes, come in thieves, strangers and killers, we won’t even put up a fight we are asleep. Please help yourself to the ‘House Guest’ first.) Bye-bye house guest, kiss kiss and we will see you next year; cause after all, some ‘House Guest’s’ are family.

It is clear to see my view of summer is definitely not through rose colored glass, and it is with fresh, cool and easy breathing air I welcome fall and its’ colors. May it be a long fall (with a warm winter to follow).

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