Behind the Digital LensMusings of an Amateur Photographer

14th Jun, 2010 Summertime!

Summertime has come to Texas, at least North Central Texas.  It came a bit early this year, and with it 100 degree temps and very little rain.  El Nino has now dried up and moved along, it’s current leaving us once again parched and sweltering.

I don’t “do” Summer.  Sweat running down the back of my neck, dripping off my ears and eyebrows and in to my eyes is not my idea of a fun outdoor Summer existence.  Early Spring, Autumn and Winter.  Those are my seasons.

Summer.  It’s the “green” time of year.  Most of the Spring flowers are gone, the trees that were budding out a couple of months ago now have their full umbrella leaf spread into the welcoming of shade, and the heat waves are shimmering their way skyward from the pavement.  Blue sky is beautiful, but blue skies with clouds are magnificent!

People that wore decent clothing during the Fall, Winter and Spring suddenly have lost all their modesty and strip down as far as the law allows, leaving little to the imagination.  Grab the camera and “discover” the next “porn” star, but what was considered “racy” to – 20 years ago has now become commonplace.  But still, there are

Strange cruise "fashion"

“fashions” out there that could provide some good laughs and chuckles and be immortalized forever.

So, summer is here – for the next 5 months in Texas.  Five sweltering months watching the rain bypass Dallas desert, parching what had briefly become green with Spring.  Here’s looking toward Autumn!