What’s the Buzz?: The joy of summer

Published 11:44 am Friday, August 2, 2024

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Summers in the South these days differ from summers in the North when BUZZ and I were 70 years of age younger. BUZZ spent some of her ‘summer vacation’ (as we called it) time visiting her cousins in New Jersey (EGAD!), and on the South Shore of Long Island, more specifically on a small barrier island named Long Beach Island, home to three communities.

‘Summer’ was defined as the time between July 4th and Labor day…the months that schools were ‘closed’ for that ‘vacation’ period so you could go to the beach, which was ‘manditory’ at my house…”Grab your bathing suit and get out on the beach; come home and I’ll feed you if you didn’t drown in the ocean.” We went through a lot of sunscreen in the summer…a LOT of sunscreen.

Labor day week-end saw the summer end with a parade much the same as the beginning that started off with a bang on the 4th of July and that noise really bothered BUZZ. She sought shelter under the elevated Boardwalk that real live elephants helped construct.

Down-heah things start and end earlier; June-ish to early August and then back to school…the stores today full of back-packs, pencils, ruled paper and uniforms, etc. BUZZ cannot find the stuff she needs easily…it’s been moved somewhere in the back?

We will still have ice-cream shops, new and old, snow-balls shops and iced coffee offered year round here and there during our ‘Winter’ month (2 weeks?) as we finally let the ceiling fan ‘rest’.

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BUZZ’S ‘FANS’

With more and more folks reading and following the news now-a-days, BUZZ’S FAN BASE appears to be expanding. BUZZ has been an arch supporter of fans, primarily Ceiling Fans, due to the comfort zone they create. She particularly likes the old, BROWNIES with 4 blades and a light kit.

Time and Sonny permitting, she watches as those once retired are brought back to life by Sonny Wallet or the antique fan guy and his table models, Will Guidry. BUZZ really likes things that ‘hum along’ and let her ride the blades for fun…forward, backward and at various speeds to boot.

“If fans can save you money, there will be more sweets for ME!” said BUZZ only just last Wednesday.

Her ‘all-time’ Favorite? The one she named Orion the Hunter, a four-blader brownie with lights, but she hasn’t yet met a ‘FAN’ she did not like….

Richard, BUZZ, Sonny, Bill and ORION

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