This empty boardwalk should be teeming with sun seekers dressed in bathing suits, eating ice cream cones, carrying beach chairs or picnic baskets and heading out for a sunny day at the beach. Where are they?
During the summer, this blue mussel bed at Rainbow Haven Beach is usually a magnet for children looking for crabs at low tide. It too is desolate.
Although we’re already well into July, endless weeks of rain and cooler than seasonal temperatures have made Nova Scotians feel like we have yet to experience summer this year. Our winters can be quite harsh with lots of ice, snow and cold, but our wonderful summers usually make them somewhat tolerable.
Somewhere, beyond the fog and clouds, I know there are blue skies and the sun is shining brightly. Maturing robins are looking for worms in the lawn, wild flowers are blooming and the grass is growing, carrying on as though it is indeed summer. They don’t seem to need to see blue skies and experience soaring temperatures in order to go about their summer business. Maybe we should be more trusting too. Hopefully this week’s forecast for sunnier skies will give us all something to smile about.
The blue of heaven is larger than the clouds.
~ Elizabeth Barrett Browning
July 8, 2009 at 7:16 am
Yeah, we know what you mean. Yesterday had to start a fire in the woodstove in the morning again. (After Barry left for work, as he protests too loudly about starting a fire in July, for goodness sakes.) But I hate to shiver. And it felt downright cold this morning. Love your boardwalk shot. And your flower/robin collage is very creative.
July 8, 2009 at 7:35 am
Thanks Kathy. So you’re waiting for summer too! The heat was put on in the house here this morning. It’s just too cccold.
That boardwalk shot would look even better with a blue sky in the background
July 8, 2009 at 8:32 am
The Cowboy is huddled under the desk keeping my feet warm. The sky is gray. We are not amused.
July 8, 2009 at 8:38 am
We are no better off in New Hampshire…been in the 60’s with rain almost every day. It’s such a treat when the sun does shine…like a gift we have to run out and enjoy!
July 8, 2009 at 11:26 am
Hope summer finds you soon – it will be all the sweeter when it gets there. Here in Northwestern WA it is back to rain and cool – only getting up to 65 today (18 C) today – but warmer later in the week.
July 8, 2009 at 12:45 pm
It is pretty cool here in lower Michigan. We have had mostly 60’s with lows in the 50’s at night. Today seems like it is starting to warm up. We are at 71.
July 8, 2009 at 2:24 pm
Northern Michigan also (as Gerry notes) is cooler than usual, too. Loved your slugs the other day and the pink things, too.
July 8, 2009 at 9:54 pm
Just home from an afternoon in Vancouver, we’ve got dark clouds and rain here, too, after a heat wave on the weekend.
July 9, 2009 at 8:14 am
Today the sky is blue and it actually looks and feels like summer. Hope the sun has returned to your necks of the woods too.
Yesterday I heard of a risk of overnight frost in some areas. The weather is certainly not as predictable as it used to be.
July 10, 2009 at 7:35 am
It sounds to me as though we’ve swopped weathers around with you: Cape Town is supposed to be wet and gloomy and glowering in winter, just like the first two pictures. Instead, we’ve had glorious blue skies, a delightful nip in the air, and spectacularly colourful sunrises and sunsets, and no rain.
Now that the weekend is approaching, and I am keen to go for a walk in the forests and on the mountain, of course, a cold front is arriving and the weatherman is gleefully promising RAIN, RAIN and MORE RAIN!
So I’m guessing you’ll have a stunning summery weekend on your end!
July 11, 2009 at 7:08 am
The weekend has started out sunny here Reggie but Nova Scotia weather can change so quickly. Your current winter conditions sounds lovely. We may both have rain by tomorrow though.