It seems we hardly knew ye! Last full day of summer today. BAM! Just like that, summer is here and gone. Now, the intermittant car air conditioner can cure itself miraculously and I’ll have a full winter of frosty cold air blowing at me. Delicious!

I’m trying to remember the cold weather. We weren’t wishing for summer then, were we? Do we always want what isn’t readily available?

Nah.

I remember sitting at a cafe table outside in Colorado Springs some years ago, late summer and maybe seventy-something degrees, not a mosquito, gnat, or horsefly in sight, thinking “this is as good as it gets.” Of course, I don’t live in Colorado Springs, so maybe I was wanting what wasn’t readily available after all.

It’s good to look for the greener grass. (Unless you’re a dog owner walking in your back yard, in which case that lush area may have footwear implications.) Nothing wrong with wanting the better life. A comfort zone. Security. Freedom.

We don’t want to miss the garden on this side of the fence though. One of my favorites is looking up at the clouds over the Oklahoma skies and recalling how they sometimes look just like the arrangements over the Caribbean. So beautiful there, because it is foreign and exotic.

I’m looking for something special close to home today. A thing that is world-class special, and located right here in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.

Bet I find it before a few hours are out.

Look through new eyes!