Home Talk with Dick Primeau

Home Talk with Dick

by Dick Primeau
ON-LINE EDITION

May 24TH, 2012

WOW! It’s the 24^th of May! That day rings out a welcome to what many consider the start of our summer. Yes, after taking in the long weekend just past, we feel confident enough of our weather to dig out our summer clothes and start digging in the garden. And it’s the time of year to begin our yearly traditions. Traditions like groups of teenagers heading to Grand Bend and the Pinery for the first camping trip of the year (at least that’s the story they all tell their parents.) I’m not sure if it’s the “call to nature” that gets everyone going…or the “call to party”. I’ll let you be the judge.

Once again it’s the time for fireworks (celebrating Queen Victoria’s birthday) and for the first chilly swim of the year. Is the water still cold? Well some of the old-timers say that the ice really doesn’t melt and go away, it just drops six feet in the summer. So why would the young people (including daughters Julie and Jill when they were much younger) decide to go in on the 24^th weekend? It’s probably because of the influence of our neighbour, Ol’ John Sheff. He was of the opinion that this tradition had to be continued, and for years he actually went in for a dip with the kids.

This is a great time of the year to shed all the ‘winter blues’ and just take in the beauty of our area. The flowers are out, the farmers are planting (some corn is sprouting up), and there’s a warmth in the air that lets us all know that summer is just around the corner – and we all love SUMMER.