Blue is a color which usually has negative or depressing connotations and implications. For example, people feeling depressed or out-of-sorts, are said to have the blues.
Blues singers always have a sad song about love lost or some other gloomy situation beyond the control of the person suffering through the unhappiness and indignities.
With the return of rain after a dry patch during May and the first half of June, lawns are actively growing in Florida’s panhandle. This results in some positive and some negative aspects.
The major positive feature is a lush, green lawn. No matter the turf species, there is a unique pride to having a yard with carpet-like characteristics to complement all the other boast-worthy landscape features.
The beginning of summer returns memories of carefree days past when school was out, and leisure hours outside were plenty. Unfortunately, today’s youth do not have the same appreciation for sweaty fun.
The family dog however is not encumbered by these contemporary electrically powered traps which occupy the mind and entomb the body.
With the onset of summer, many trees and plants have already bloomed and are settling into the green background. An exception are the Mimosa trees, Albizia julibrissin, which are blooming profusely.
These once popular small trees are commonly found in the yards of older homes in Santa Rosa County where the display of prolific pink blooms starts up as the weather warms.
Gopher tortoises are often hidden in the tall grasses as they slowly plod through the hot summer days.
The 90-degree-plus June temperature readings have many residents slowing their pace for the explicit purpose of not overheating.
Ask any Santa Rosa County horse owner and they will say their horse has a sweet tooth.
In addition to sugar cubes there are apples, pears and many other fruits with a high sugar content which are attractive to equines everywhere.
In the days before mass-marketing, big box retailing and internet sales, people had to create their own solutions to the wants and needs of daily life.
The results were based on the materials at hand and were often imaginative, but sometimes bordering on the absurd.
The blooms and leaves have confirmed the year’s progress toward the summer. The rising temperatures and lengthening days have been a boon to the birds and animals, too.
The blossoms in Santa Rosa County are popular with insects and arachnids for a variety of reasons. Some insects enjoy the nectar and pollen, using it to great effect.
