5 Seasons

September 16, 2018

We all know there are 4 Seasons: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall

At times Idaho seems to have 3 seasons: Winter, Spring, Fall. 

Some years Summer seems to be missed.

It seems that our small town might have 5 seasons: 

Winter, Spring, Summer, Dust, Fall

The farmer who owns the field behind us said he burns his field about every third year. 

 He kindly warned us the day he was going to burn the field,

 so we could close the windows to keep the smoke out.

We did not expect that a week or so later,

 the wind picked up all that ash and deposited a bunch on our property. 

Sadly I did not expect that, and a fair amount came in,

 before I got the windows shut. 

Even with the windows shut, 

every time the door opened, 

 we got another layer on the kitchen counter.

I spent the week cleaning up the ash.

Saturday thought I had finally gotten most of it cleaned up...

Saturday afternoon had wind advisories, and we got another layer of dust, 

thankfully, mostly minus most the ash that was deposited the previous week. 

Also a little wiser we shut the windows quickly,

 and minimized the dirt coming in.

I think this year more than most, 

I will be looking forward to snow, to hold down that dirt :)