An under appreciated blessing

 When I look back at the beginning of this quarantine, the one thing that stands out is how dark the world seemed.

It was mid March, the latter part of winter.

Daylight savings had just begun and we were still experiencing shorter amounts of daylight.

Even though snow was not a factor, it was still winter,cold,dank, and dark.

The trees were barren and although temperatures were not frigid it was virtually impossible to feel warm.

It was emotionally draining.

Sometime around late early May, all of that changed.

Seemingly overnight,winter vanished and spring came bursting through.

Trees started to bud,flowers started to bloom and the weather became ,for lack of a better descriptive, pretty awesome.

On a daily basis the sun was shining and the temperature responded in kind. Hoodies and sweatshirts were replaced very quickly with short sleeves and tees.

Day after day,people took to the streets, crawling out of their caves and enjoying these gifts from Mother Nature.

The weather here in the North East has for the last 6 months, been nothing short of spectacular.

Hardly a day goes by without the sin greeting us and treating us to a gorgeous day.

Oh sure,we have had our fair share of rain,even a hurricane a=or a tropical storm or two.

Even those seasonal storms were mild and mostly blips on the weather radar,despite the hysteria stirred up by the news media and our state governments who all seem to thrive when they create and perpetuate Doomsday scenarios.

It is late October and we are still experiencing seasonably warm temperatures.

For those who enjoy summertime outdoor activities (that doesn't include me!) you couldn't have asked for a better summer.

I continue to see friends enjoying the Jersey shore even as the fall foliage is ablaze all over the Northeast.

Every morning I see walkers and joggers.

I can't remember ever having experienced a 6 month period of such continued good fortune when it comes to the day to day weather forecast.

Blessings have been few and far between during this Covid nonsense.

I for one am grateful for this blessing that Mother Nature has been so kind to share with us.