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Switch

June 17, 2007 in Fernie by keith

Sunday Afternoon

Someone needs to find the switch. Enough is enough.

Yesterday shorts and sandals were fine. Today it’s back to long pants, socks and shoes of some sort. Who’s flicking the switch?

This time of year is such a tease. We know well summer is, at the most, days away. And we’ve known it’s only a few days off for weeks and weeks. Since the FAR closed to be exact. If the skiing is over, it must be summer.

But NOOOOO.

There still is a healthy dose of spring with equal parts of winter and summer thrown in to make the mix even more bitter. The crocus’ bloom and are buried in snow. Some smart bulbs bloom a little late and live well.

The bears show. Cherries bloom. The lilacs bloom. Tulips scatter color here and there. Yet the monsoon continues. Warmth one day and one step from winter with snow dusting the peaks the next.

Although it is not ten below each morning, there are days (like today) when it feels like ten below simply from the change, yesterday to today.

So who’s got their hand on the switch?

It’s time. Summer’s here.

Flip the switch.

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