Monday, 15 August 2011

That August feeling again

When I got out this morning I thought we had a last blast of summertime: it was sunny and quite warm, with no breeze or anything. I was even wondering why I had brought my coat (other than my affection for my summer coat, it was bought cheap and it looks juuust scruffy enough). Then later I got outside for lunch. It was still sunny, yet it did not feel like summer. It was not exactly cold, just not very warm. There was a breeze. I looked at that tree that already has red leaves, then I remembered it was August. And for some reason I felt the feeling I often have in August: a certain melancholia, as if summer was still here but yet going.

Not that I mind all that much: I welcome this sort of melancholia, it prepares the mind to autumn and it can be pleasant. I look at the books I borrowed from the library last Saturday: mainly ghost stories. My mind is already set on autumn. Yet there is still two weeks of summer left. Okay, next time I will not blog about seasonal changes or weather. Promise.
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4 comments:

  1. The Gill-Man16 August 2011 at 18:21

    I'm feeling some melancholia as well, but it's mainly because everytime I go outside I feel as if I am about to burst into flame! Texas is HOT right now!!! Even at night!!! I'd love to feel some of that "cool breeze" you speak of!!

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  2. Guillaume16 August 2011 at 21:17

    That's one of the problems with August: when it is cold it feels like summer is already gone, when it is too hot hot it feels like it is overstaying its welcome.

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  3. Anonymous17 August 2011 at 15:41

    Hey, weather happens to everyone. It doesnt let us ignore it! But what if your great seasonal blogs come with an accompanying soundtrack...how is that for a challenge? Vivaldi wrote the 'Four Seasons', Crowded House 'Four Seasons in One Day'...'Raindrops Keep falling on my head'...Musicians like to write about the weather too: -) your great seasonal blogs come with an accompanying soundtrack...how is that for a challenge? Vivaldi wrote the 'Four Seasons', Crowded House 'Four Seasons in One Day'...'Raindrops Keep falling on my head'...Musicians like to write about the weather too: -)

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  4. Anonymous17 August 2011 at 15:43

    The strange comment bug is back, and my comments are in stereo, or partly...Its strange

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