Shhhhhhhh click,sshhhhhh click, sshhhhh click. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
That steady droaning hummmm is all I hear. The windows came down; closing off my mockingbird that I had named Yapper; and the bob-white that had joined the chorus of night sounds.Like the tree frog that sounded like a duck quacking and one that seemed to bark like a dog.Yes; frogs.
And the curtains now block out the dreamy display of diamonds in the night as the fireflies danced and sparkled for me. This is the first year they have returned after the last hurricane blew them away. For 5 years I have watched for them in the darkness; and finally they came and shimmered in my magnolia tree and my cedar tree. Just for me they danced and I got lost in the beauty and called them my midnight diamonds.
And most heartbreaking was the fragrances that are now unable to sweep over me in billows of sweet and soft perfume. My magnolias, gardenias,wisteria and the life confirming smell of fresh cut grass. Now they just bounce off the closed windows, kept from me until next year. Such a long time.
It's always been this way; but that doesn't ease the sadness of closing up for the summer. I know I can't handle the days of humid stiffeling heat . It's like a wet sponge over my face and breathing is almost a labor of futility. And down south even the nights are just dark versions of the day.
Having lived in north Alabama most of my life; and other places of frigid cold winters; I suppose the heat is a trade off for that. The winters here are mild and it alleviates my body pain through that season. Whereas up north; I could never seem to put on enough clothing to repel the stiffening cold. So; I chose to move south where I had dreamed of being for many years. Give and take huh?
My one reprieve; cutting my grass!!! I hop on my lawn mower and it's just me and the sun and being able to visably see what I accomplish. So; hummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm is my summer music for now; with intermittent joyous trips to the beach where the booming crash of waves and the gulf breeze blowing my cares away eases my feeling of being shut away from the world. Then I can walk the beach and look for the treasures that the ocean gives up for me to find. And it's made even better when I can share that walk with a treasured friend.
Wish ya'll were here to share it with me.
