The air of the evening is like a hot, wet, blanket draped over my entire body.
It’s an odd sensation so late in the summer.
Usually at this time of the year the nights are getting crisp. Windows are closed and you can feel the faint touch of autumn. Like it’s peeking around the corner.
Not tonight.
Everything feels damp. I can’t get dry.
Even the cicadas are still going strong with their song of summer nights.
It’s hot enough that you will still sweat in a cold shower. Relief is but a fleeting moment.
Sleep will not happen until the wee hours of the morning, when it has finally cooled down enough to allow me to stop fidgeting around to find a cool spot in my sheets.
I look over to the patch of wild ferns gently moving in the light breeze. The fireflies that usually float above them are already gone for the season.
I see the faint lights of neighbor homes leaking through the gaps in my fence. They share a gentle glow in the darkness.
Soon the cicadas will slowly quiet. Every night will be a smaller choir. One by one until there are none left to sing. It will be then when I notice the quiet. Right now it sounds like wild country safari in the dark corners of my yard.
I am ready for autumn, but will miss these summer nights sitting in the dark, appreciating nature, absorbing peace, and just being still.
Ps Blowin’ through the jasmine in my mind
4 comments:
Your night time nature sounds sound beautiful, where I am, I mostly get to hear the neighbours cats squealing when they get into a scrap, not quite the same. Although we do have a local owl, I do love to hear them hoot.
And bloody hell, yes it is hot at bedtime. Our heat is going to leave us next week though so the UK is making the most of it. We only got rain through the summer.
xxx
Good morning!
This summer hasn’t been too hot until last week where all of a sudden it was literally like a sauna. I think
it’s supposed to cool down next week.
While I’m a huge fan of laying in the sun and reading a book, I’m also a massive fan of the Autumn, and this year I’m ready for it.
The trees are starting to change colors, and it’s still 100 outside.
I love my nighttime nature. It’s so quiet and peaceful. I do like night lurking really in any season. I’m just a night owl.
This year our neighborhood gained a barn owl for the first time. That was pretty cool. Every now and then I hear a fox roaming around. I go inside when I hear them because their bark sounds awful and they have been known to carry rabies and they are a bit bitey.
Well, I hope you are well. Give the fam hugs from me!
Hiya Jenn, how are you doing?
Yeah, it's been super hot here this past week, almost like the weather didn't get the memo that it's autumn now.
The night time nature is great isn't it. I love looking out of the window and seeing the fox trot off down the street, I always wonder where it's going.
When it's sunny, you can often look up and see the big hawk that hangs around our neighbourhood.
It's interesting to see how the wildlife changes in the garden as the seasons change. It'll be the little robin red breasts soon.
Enjoy your autumn garden Jenn and hugs to you and yours too xxx
You know what I’m saying. Not everybody gets it.
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