FEATURES
WHAT IS SUMMER?
By Tom Randel
Summer is a wonderful and special celebration
for everybody. Summer is a wonderful season
when we can finally go on vacation, camping or
just enjoy being outside.
Temperatures are rising quickly now and spring
has gone by much faster than it should have! But
with the change in season, we get a change in the
produce that is available to us and an opportunity
to use a whole new batch of fruits and veggies in
our kitchens.
Summer is a wonderful time for relaxing
somewhere at the seaside or on an ocean beach.
Children love having fun and playing on the
sand and in the water. But the most fascinating
thing about sea is the underwater world with all
amazing sea creatures and seaweeds. Summer is
the season in which there are no restrictions, so
be brave and don’t hesitate to try something new.
You can go to the sea, or if you don’t like the sea,
you can go to the mountains, where it is cool and
there is a wonderful view. Sometimes the weather
becomes too hot in summer and the air gets stuffy.
Then a thunderstorm usually brings relief. The sky
is suddenly covered with dark clouds and distant
rolls of thunder are heard. Later bright flashes of
lightning are followed by claps of thunder and
it begins to rain. After the thunderstorm the air
is remarkably fresh, and very often we can see a
beautiful bridge across the sky which is called
a rainbow. Children love summer very much
because in summer they have long holidays. They
don’t have to go to school and that’s why they
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have much free time. They can play with their
friends in the yard, read or watch TV. So, summer is
the best time of the year. The sun stays out longer,
usually sometime after eight in the evening. This
means that there’s a lot more lay and get a suntan,
so long as I don’t do it for too long, I don’t want to
get burned. The sun is the reason why we go out
and it just means we can be out longer during the
summer.
The last reason is that it’s the warmest time of
year for us and we don’t get very much warm
weather where we come from. For most of the
year, it’s usually cool and wet or cold and icy. We
only have three months of reprieve from the chill
and wet and that is summer. When my neighbors
and I want to celebrate the summer, we go out,
have barbecues, or just sit and talk outside. This
is a good thing to do at night, when the heat of
the day lingers in the night air. So the warmth of
the summer air is a rare treat for us and we relish It
when it comes around each year.
So summer is my favorite season of all because
it’s the time of year that really puts together
everything I like to do and experience. There’s no
school in the summer so we can really have all the
fun we want during the day. There’s more daylight
during the day so there’s more day to enjoy. And
the warmth of summer is something we only have
a limited time to enjoy throughout the rest of the
wetter, colder parts of the year for us.
That’s why summer is my favorite season.
Have a Wonderful Summer!