What do you like about summer?

I hope you are sitting in an air conditioned room while you are typing and watching the birds. It can get very hot and muggy in Nebraska also. Our air conditioners have to work pretty hard some days. Enjoy your summer!

Oh, ice cream and vacations. What could be better? I eat way too much ice cream (at least I think my doctor might say so.) And I don't limit it to just summer. I eat ice cream all year around! Have a great summer and enjoy your ice cream.

Lower gas bills are always good. The electricity for air conditioning isn't near as bad as gas for heat.

I love the flowers too. I am always amazed how each type of flower forms its individual type of flower. Take a tulip, for example. It is amazing that the dead looking bulb laying in the frozen ground over winter sends up a stem in spring, creating the bud on top which turns into a particular color of tulip. That to me is just amazing!

Yeah that is another thing I like about Summer you don't half to pay those high gas bills.

75 everyday would be nice, although I really like the change of seasons. Fall and spring are nice until they lead to extreme cold or hot. Mid-winter and mid-summer are not really that great. We can get over 100 here, and 20 below zero in winter. I don't care for those extremes.

Fresh fruit - yes. So much better than mid-winter fruit. And I have to agree with you about severe storms. That's one thing I really don't like about summer. If it snows a ton, at least we can eventually scoop out. However, if the house blows away in a summer storm, that is hard to recover from. Mosquitoes with their threat of West Nile Virus are no fun either. Oh well, enjoy your summer anyway!

I used to plant a garden every spring. I grew up on a farm, so I guess planting was in my blood. I really enjoyed getting it ready, watching the first plants come up. But later in the hot summer, I didn't enjoy it when the weeds grew faster than my veggies. Then I got busier with my job and couldn't keep up like I wanted to. So I planted it all in grass. Now that I am retired, I might have to think about it again. Gardening is a good way to pass time.

I used to live in Fremont, Nebraska..i was there when the Pathfinder Hotel blew up..gas leak

also i spent a year in Omasha..48th and Dodge but I would travel to Lincoln-Beatrice-Fairbury-and parts of Iowa..Concil Blufs etc etc
and I spent a Year in Kansas City, Mo. Claycomo, MO.
working for Fords
the heat in the heartland is very very hot compared to Michigan...especially if you have to work in it..

Hello former Fremonter! I went to Midland College here, but lived in Western Nebraska when the Pathfinder blew up. That was quite a shock. I've now been back here in Fremont for 27 years, and just retired, and plan to stay. My family is all close by.

I'm sure you don't miss the heat and humidity of this area. Michigan sounds much cooler for the summer. I'm sure it is much cooler during winter also. lol. Thanks for your response!

I have to admit, I don't care for shoveling snow either. It can get pretty deep here after a good Midwestern blizzard. And the cold bothers me more every year. But the high temperatures combined with high humidity aren't so great either. That's why I like the change of seasons, I guess. I wouldn't want either cold or heat all year round.

I guess you are right. I don't like that it gets so hot myself. Somewhere in the middle would be great. I do think the 4 seasons are overrated. Maybe I'm not an outdoor person. I only see green on the golf course.

Is it more fun browsing while it's raining, or is it because you have an excuse and don't have to feel as guilty because you can't be doing other things while its raining. lol

Oh, 3 months off from school. I remember those days. How I looked forward to that time. You mentioned beaches, mountains and forests. It sounds like you live in a great part of the world.