Thursday, Friday, and Saturday were wonderful blue sky days here on the North Carolina coast. I am always amazed at how a few hundred miles can make a huge difference in the weather.
While miles can make a difference in the weather, the color of the sky has a huge impact on my mood.
We lived in Nova Scotia for a number of years. It could be one of the most beautiful places on earth.
It could also be one of the foggiest spots you can imagine with days and days of fog. Not every place has fog like Nova Scotia, but almost everywhere has a few overcast or not so nice days.
I took advantage of the three beautiful blue sky days that we had recently. I had a great time on the beach, enjoyed some boating and fishing on the White Oak River, and even took a sunset cruise on the river.
It did not take long for the clouds to move in this morning, and as soon as they were here my energy level dropped to almost zero.
I think that I would have done better if it had rained. We could have used the rain, and it would have easy to justify indoor chores.
With three fantastic days on and around the water, I had convinced myself that we were on the fast track for summer. Then this dreary day shows up and puts a damper on things.
I wanted to go kayaking but with the water level low and the threat of rain, that seemed like a bad idea especially since my hip is still bothering me.
Finally about three o'clock, I was starting to clean out a closet, looking for my Snow Leopard installation CD-ROM so I could fix my MacBook when its new hard drive arrives. It was almost like an invisible hand led me to the CD-ROM. I had just started working in the closet.
Of course I quit cleaning the closet and retired to my office to admire my find. Finding the CD-ROM seemed to break the spell. I managed to summon the energy to update my main CoastalNC.org site over the next couple of hours.
Then I took off for some grocery shopping. I decided to make my own turkey sausage. It actually turned out very tasty, and I have enough to have one cake each morning for the next week.
After that I grilled some hamburgers on the grill. One more night of grilling, and I will not have to cook any more this week.
Tomorrow I have resolved to not let the weather get me down. I think that today I just had a natural letdown following three great days of fun.
Actually I can hardly wait to get back on the river and catch some more fish. I might not even wait for blue skies. Then there is always the beach which seems to call me every day about five PM.
This is the time of year to really enjoy the out of doors and some overcast weather is not going to derail me. I will not let gloomy weather win again.
But it would be a whole lot easier to enjoy summer if the sky would just blue.
