in between

in between

my favorite weeks of the whole year are the few weeks in between seasons. in the north, we like to say we enjoy four seasons. but for some years now i have felt as if we have only two: really cold, and really hot. or, if you are a native minnesotan, that’s rull cold, and rull hot.  but in between real cold and real hot, there are few weeks where we get to enjoy a kind of perfect balance–warm sunny days for playing outside, and cool nights perfect for sleeping with the windows open. in minnesota, where i live, those transition weeks usually occur in mid-may and late september.  this picture of still-green asters mingling with recently spent daisy stems sums up for me the essence of these transition weeks–a little summer, a little winter, all together.

asters and spent daisy stems

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