The tulips in bloom outside our front door. Photos by Robert Corkery.
“Did you appreciate the onset of summer in Cincinnati as much as what you do now,” Robert asked me yesterday.
“Of course, I’ve always loved summer,” I replied somewhat defensively, as if he was somehow implying that summer was better here in Stockholm. “It reminds me of long and warm sunny days and the ending of school.”
But in spite of my answer, I kept thinking about the question. And today I do have to admit: I appreciate summer more now. Hot summer days as I knew them growing up are more rare here. Yesterday was lovely and warm, today is back to being gray and cool. And as I mentioned, yesterday was the warmest day we have had this year. But it still has not been all that warm. So I’ve learned to appreciate those small does of spring and summer whenever I get them.
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Summer might not be BETTER than back home, but it certainly is more appreciated! Especially after a winter like we just had. I have become very Swedish in that sense – the first hint of a warm day in the spring and I’m out there puttering around in the garden. And I never got so excited before about seeing flowers in the spring! But here they seem to symbolize a promise that yes, winter is now over, come out of hibernation!
We have friends from muggy, humid Baltimore coming to visit us for the first time in June. They will probably think we are crazy at all our plans that involve being outdoors – in Baltimore in the summer, you try to stay in an air-conditioned environment as much as possible! Here, we try to eat most of our meals outside.
Sharon, I’m glad to hear that I am not the only summer obsessed person in town!
Sharon, At least your friends will more than likely not have to endure humid weather here!
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