{"id":1780,"date":"2012-09-21T19:00:56","date_gmt":"2012-09-21T23:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/smalltownamerica\/?p=1780"},"modified":"2012-09-20T15:35:40","modified_gmt":"2012-09-20T19:35:40","slug":"winters-on-its-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/smalltownamerica\/2012\/09\/winters-on-its-way.html","title":{"rendered":"Winter&#8217;s on Its Way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Depending on where you live the weather can changed drastically during the changing of the seasons.\u00a0 If you live in Hawaii or Florida the changes will not be so dramatic.\u00a0 Since I live in northern Ohio, I get to enjoy the beauty of each season.\u00a0 I must confess that summer is the best for me.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t mind the heat and I love to swim and do other outside activities.\u00a0 We had several days that were over 100 degrees this year, but I didn&#8217;t mind.<\/p>\n<p>Now the air is turning cooler and the temperature is dipping into the low forties.\u00a0 My roses are giving their last blooms for the summer and the swimming pools are all closed.\u00a0The first frost is just around the corner.\u00a0That makes me sad.\u00a0 Although fall has many beautiful attributes, I already long for spring.\u00a0 The trees all change from green to yellow, orange, red and brown.\u00a0 The smell of burning leaves fills the country air and the jackets come out of our closets.<\/p>\n<p>Winter has it&#8217;s own special attraction; Christmas!!\u00a0 I love Christmas and snow, for maybe a week or two.\u00a0 Then we can get back to warmer weather.\u00a0 Unfortunately there are things that need to happen during the winter, that I find distasteful, like tons of snow and ice, below zero temperatures, cold winds, and slippery ice patches.\u00a0 However, the farmers welcome the snow cover to help their winter wheat crop.\u00a0 We need several below zero temps to kill off the bug population for next year.\u00a0 This year we had a mild winter and the mosquito and flea populations were crazy.<\/p>\n<p>Spring is a time for new life and resurrection, not just in regards to Jesus, but in nature as well.\u00a0 It&#8217;s so exciting when the first little crocus push through the snow.\u00a0 It brings hope for many more flowers and warmer days ahead.\u00a0 But, alas, we must first get through the fall and winter before we can look forward to summer again.\u00a0 Such is life in Ohio.\u00a0 Maybe I should move to someplace that is always warm.\u00a0 Unfortunately, I have lived in this little town my whole life and I know that I would miss the changing of the seasons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Depending on where you live the weather can changed drastically during the changing of the seasons.\u00a0 If you live in Hawaii or Florida the changes will not be so dramatic.\u00a0 Since I live in northern Ohio, I get to enjoy the beauty of each season.\u00a0 I must confess that summer is the best for me.\u00a0&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":420,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,36],"tags":[92,93],"class_list":["post-1780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inspiration","category-just-for-fun","tag-seasons","tag-weather"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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