Good-bye Summer

I know that fall will not actually start for another month, and I realize that there are thirty more days until summer of 2007 sounds the death knell. However, for millions of school children, college students, and teachers the traditional summer vacation is coming to a close in the United States. Some schools have already begun, and some schools will start after Labor Day. However, for Daddy D, me, and the children in our school corporation, school starts this week, and summer vacation is officially over. Weekday trips to the beach are over. Sleeping late in the morning is finished. Midday picnics are caput.


Thinking about the summer season reminds me of the summers of my childhood. In the days before home air conditioning was common place, water play was important to children. I remember the joys of running through the sprinkler to cool off. Do children still do that? If it was very hot, my parents would fill a wash tub for me to cool off in the yard. Our wealthiest neighbors always had a kiddie pool. Luckily, these kind folks were always willing to share the water fun with the neighborhood children. In this picture depicting summer fun in the early 50's, I was not old enough to attend school. But in those days, school always started after on the Wednesday after Labor Day. Whatever kind of summer fun the children of today have, that summer fun for the most part is over for the year.






Good-bye to summer fun. There is no more running through the lawn sprinkler. (Darn it.) I am off for School Organization Day for the 2007 - 2008 school year. Sigh...