Behold…
Do you hear that?
Smell that?
Feel that?
The Northern Hemisphere is waking up. It is springtime…for some of us. I remember the sounds and the aroma of springtime from a lifetime ago. Maryland and the Mid-Atlantic were an awakening in spring. The sweet scent of clover and honeysuckle brought about an overwhelming level of euphoria – knowing we were witnessing a rebirth and that everything was going to be okay.
That was then – this is now.
We are all significantly older these days, however, the memories remain sweet and wonderful. I live in the California desert and our springtime is noticeably different than the springtime of my youth.
California’s climate is decidedly different than what you find in the north and east. Our four seasons here don’t follow the same path as the rest of the country. The same can be said for Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, and even segments of Colorado and Utah. The weather here in the west just isn’t what you find in the north and east.
How many of you grew up east of the Rockies and have migrated west to get away from the cold and dampness of winter? Perhaps you migrated west for a job. I have a buddy here in LA who was born and raised in New Jersey. We were having lunch at a Burbank deli, reflecting on our respective lives when the conversation turned to climate. He said…“I miss weather…”
I knew exactly what he meant.
Springtime signaled the onset of summer – freedom for a kid…
California weather differs between up North and down to the Southland. Northern California gets the rain we don’t always see in So’ Cal’. Sometimes, they get too much rain. Would you folks in the Bay Area and Mount Shasta send us some of your rain?
Despite California’s sunshine, I long for weather east of the Mountain West. Those you who live in the East think of the desert West and think “Well, must be nice…” In the perceived paradise of California, we awaken to the blazing morning sun and think, “I wish it would rain…”
Seems we always want what we cannot have.
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I grew up in Oklahoma where we had four distinct yet not severe seasons. In Texas we have four as well. Early Summer, Summer, Late Summer and Christmas. Having lived in NorCal I can vouch for the rain. It was like living in a shopping mall for about 9 months, then it rained, and started all over again. But that changes based on your distance from the ocean where temp can go up or down twenty-five degress in a half mile.
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I used to live in SW Oklahoma. Spring rains and storms. Dry until the following winter and spring. We had snow. No fall colors.
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You have to go SE where the trees are for color🤣
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You are so correct….
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