Summer is my favorite season, and always has been. That is probably so, because my birthday falls in summer, and when choosing a wedding date, we chose a summer afternoon in August. Summer was always a time of rest and relaxation, for vacations, and new experiences. Anymore, the rest, relaxation, and vacations have to fit into my work schedule. So, yesterday, as we drove to Orchard Park and back (three hours one way), I spent a lot of time looking out the window, trying to soak in all the sights, sounds, and smells of summer. I love the cornfields, fruit stands, the young animals in the fields with their mothers, the smell of newly mowed grass, the bird calls and songs, the colorful flower gardens, even the angle of the sun in the sky in the evening. In a few weeks, the sky will change, and the air will feel different. It’s such a long wait from one summer to the next. I guess that is why I can’t let it go by unappreciated.