Summertime Blues

Well, it's officially summer now. This is a good thing for many reasons. However, we have now passed the longest day of the year, and this means that the days are now going to begin getting shorter. Last night was glorious - even at a quarter to 10, the sunset hadn't completely faded. But now, as the summer goes on, you suddenly realize about the end of July that you don't hear many birds during the day, and it's dark by 9:00. In August, you notice that all you hear all day long is the hum of insects, and it's getting dark earlier and earlier. Before you know it, it's September. The nights and mornings are cooler and cooler, and it's dark by about 7:30. Yes, I know that we've got a lot of summer to go yet, but as Slim Pickens said in "Blazing Saddles", "I am depressed".