Here it is midsummer and the whole country is feeling it. The weather is no different here. The heat and humidity make the day almost stifling. With all this comes the never-ending round of complaints from the very same people who were complaining about the cold six months ago. Pop always said that you cannot change the weather by complaining. So...why bother? I figure it is better to just keep busy so I do not dwell on the uncomfortableness of the day...or night. There is no use in letting tempers flare just because of the heat.
Today. just as the past three days, I cut grass. That was my way of "beating the heat". Pushing a lawnmower or swinging the trimmer is indeed hot work but I figure that I may as well have something to show for all that sweat. At least, the yard looks nice. Cutting grass also gives me time to ponder things. With an engine running, you cannot talk with others so you have to pull thoughts from the dusty corners of your mind. Ponderance of the Day? Why do people cut down all the trees? To my way of thinking, a yard just looks better with dozens of trees...or in our case...hundreds. Those trees provide shade and that shade is cooling. It has been proven that places with lots of trees can be 20 to 40 degrees cooler than those without. Perhaps we would all be better off by planting trees instead of cutting them. Be cool! Plant a tree! Sit in the shade! Be happy.
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