Summer heat is on across the nation and it’s
HOT! Luckily, we have a small, sometimes
insignificant advantage, in our corner of the world, located in Idaho,
sheltered by tall mountain pines and brushed desert sage dampened by morning dew.
We have the soothing, calming, cool summer nights descend when the temperature drops
by fifteen, twenty and sometimes thirty or more degrees as the golden sun sets
in the west and the shy rising moon sends out its silver moonbeams. The evening breeze scented with wild rose and
juniper is fresh as it crosses our brow and softly washes through our hair,
lifting the heat from our bodies, making endless summertime tolerable,
refreshing and, occasionally, addictive. These twilight moments are as
priceless as a rare radiant sunset or sunrise can be, or as memorable as the
robust breaking waves following the tides on the Isles of oceans.
Sitting outside on a cool summer night with the
stars twinkling high above is soothing to the soul and brings relief from the
relentless heat of summer daytime sunshine. Did I say addictive?
©2012 Linda Gatewood
