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The Four Seasons
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When I was little, our house was big.
We had a big porch, a big yard.
We had lots of sidewalk, lots of trees and bushes….and lots to do.
Every season was different. Each season had its own sights, sounds and smells.
Each one had its own special chores, too.
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Spring was really pretty.
The weather started to warm up and there were gentle breezes
Trees began to bud, and the leaves started to come back after winter.
The air was fresh.
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There were lots of flowers. Their sweet smells filled the air.
My favorite was always the bright yellow forsythias that grew all around our house.
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We always looked for the first robin of springtime!
We listened for the chirp, chirp, chirp of the crickets.
When we saw the first robin, and heard it chirp, we knew that winter was over.
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We dressed up for Easter. Another sure sign of spring.
St. Patrick’s Day also came in the spring!
That meant it was time to do the springtime chores.
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One of the first jobs was to clean out the shrubs.
Say what!?
Yep, clean out the shrubs.
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You see, each fall, we’d pack some of the leaves that fell from the trees around the bottoms of all the bushes.
This helped make sure that the roots didn’t freeze in the cold, cold winter.
But in the spring, we had to clean out the all the heavy, wet, old – yucky, stinky, messy - leaves so that the bushes could start to brow again.
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After that, we’d wash the porch and put the awnings up again.
We took off storm doorsand windows and replaced them with screens.
That way the house didn’t get too hotin the summer.
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When all that was done, we’d head to the pond down the street
and hunt for tadpoles!
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Summer follows spring…..
Summer was sunny and hot. The days grew longer and longer –and we loved it!
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The trees had lots of leaves.Shade from all the leaves
helped keep us cool.
Different flowers grew all through the summer.
Lilacs. Violets. Lilies of the Valley.
And dandelions. (Some people don’t think dandelions are real flowers, though.)
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We had
amazing thunderstorms.
We could smell them coming.
We could feel the air change as they got closer.
We’d sit on the front porch and
watch the sky
change.
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The storms would rumble and roll down the street.
We’d run from the front porch to the back porch and watch them roll away.
That made the grass grow. A lot!
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The main summer chore was mowing the grass.
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All summer long, I mowed the big lawn around our big house. Front yard. Side yards. Back yard.
And no power mower. I had to mow it all with an old-fashioned push mower.
I loved it! The faster I’d go, the higher the grass would fly off the blades.
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I made designs in the grass, too. Sometimes I would spell words. Sometimes, I’d make a picture. Sometimes, I’d see how straight I could make all the lines. Sometimes, I’d go all curvy.
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In the summer,when all the chores were done,
we’d head to the pond
down the street.Now, we’d hunt for
frogsand turtles!
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We’d catch grasshoppers
in the daytimeand
lightening bugs at night.
We’d ride our bikes all around town,
and play hide-’n-go-seek
until it was dark.
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In the summer, we celebrated
The 4th of July!Fireworks. Picnics. Fun.
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What’s your
favorite part of
Summer?
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Fall follows summer.
Fall has another name – autumn.
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The weather began to cool down. Shadows grew longer. Days grew shorter. The breezes were cooler.
It also got a little windier…Little by little – all the beautiful autumn leaves
fell to the ground.
Quietly, before we ever realized it, the robins had quietly flown away.
The coal truck came to deliver the first load of coal before winter.
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Our favorite pond got murky.
Days began to get shorter.
We played touch football in the big back yard.
We’d trick-or-treat on Halloween.
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The giant elms and maples that had given us shade all summer became bare.
Raking those leaves was the big fall chore.
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But after we raked and raked, we also had fun! We raked some of the leaves into giant piles that we could jump into!
And….we took loads of leaves and packed them around the shrubs like blankets for the roots.
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The awnings came down.Porch furniture was stowed away.
We took off all the screens and replaced them
with storm doors and storm windows.
That way the house didn’t get too cold in the
winter.
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Finally, we got to do one last chore of autumn.
This one was The Best!
We’d gather all the leaves we hadn’t packed around the bushes, andrake them to the curb on the side of our house and
burn them up!
The fire was big and warm, but the smell….. Ah, the smell of burning leaves is one of my all-time favorite things.
It’s the smell of all the other seasons good-bye for the year.
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Winter follows autumn …..
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Winter was cold and snowy. Days were short;
nights were long.
It was too cold to play outside – almost.
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Like the robins, the frogs were also gone for the winter. The turtles were all asleep somewhere.
The pond froze over and that made an excellent place to go ice skating.
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When it snowed, we’d build snowmen and have snowball fights andhide behind snow castle walls.
Or we’d find our favorite hill and ride sleds and toboggans until our cheeks were numb.
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The best smell in the winter was always hot chocolate.
It was a great way to warm up from the inside out.
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In the early winter, all the cars got their winter tires put on.
That way, we could always drive where we needed to go in the snow.
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Well, almost always..
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In the middle of winter, we celebrated the wonder of Christmas.
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Snowy winter days and nights created the biggest winter chore.
Shoveling the snow. Shoveling snow
is hard work!
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The air is cold. The snow is heavy. The wind is biting. The sidewalks are slippery. The sight is beautiful. We had lots of sidewalks all around the house.
And a driveway, too.
Sometimes, the snow plow would plow the streets and the snow would get piled up again - at the end of our driveway.
Ouch! That snow was cold, heavy and packed solid.
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But before long, the days would start to get longer.
The weather would start to warm up – if only a little.
Trees began to bud, and the leaves started to come back.
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Spring was on the way.
Everything would start over again.
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Love you!