October’s weather isn’t necessarily “bright blue,” here in the Upper Midwest.
But today was a bright blue day. So I spent a little time this afternoon, sitting on the front stoop, enjoying sunshine and what autumn colors we have this year.
And remembering this poem:
“October’s Bright Blue Weather
“O suns and skies and clouds of June,
And flowers of June together,
Ye cannot rival for one hour
October’s bright blue weather;
“When loud the bumblebee makes haste,
Belated, thriftless vagrant,
And goldenrod is dying fast,
And lanes with grapes are fragrant….”
(Helen Hunt Jackson (published 1893) via AllPoetry.com)
This summer’s drought was a bad one. An ‘up’ side to the nearly-rainless weather is that I didn’t see a mosquito until August.
I’ve talked about that — the drought, not the mosquito — and other stuff:
- “‘Red Sky at Night Sailors Delight….’”
(October 15, 2021 ) - “Olympic Games Tokyo, Stearns County Fair Sauk Centre”
(July 31, 2021) - “Drought, Air Quality Alert: Living in the Upper Midwest”
(July 24, 2021) - “Blue Sky, Tan Grass, Second COVID-19 Shot and Fever”
(June 19, 2021) - “April Showers, Minnesota Style, and More (or Less)”
(April 15, 2021)
