My summer is upside down
If you stand on your head you get an idea,
For I live where it is not summer.
Outside the winter has arrived
A cold wind blows
One I’m sure has been holidaying in the Antarctic.
I am envious of my northern friends
For whom hot days and nights are now the norm
Gardens being attended
Weeds pulled, paths cleared,
Fresh mulch spread
The sense of summer joy at growth
Of new blooms and the fruits of their labors.
I think this as I huddle closer to the fire
Rugs around my legs
Soup on the stove
For me a season of hot pots
Warm nights with family
Cosy together, once again.
Written for: Tuesday Poetics: Summer Starter
Morpethroad 
I love the flip. Understanding it’s not all summer to all people. But your take on this is sound and strong. Well crafted poem.
Thank you Walter.
Nice…summer is ok; I prefer fall. 🙂
Me too.
Me three 🙂
I shall trade you. 😉 Happily. 114 here today, in Southern Nevada.
Yuck though we get our share of that during our summer. Stay cool.
Ugh!
I think our summer might be quite close to your winter though… Not so very warm as we get closer to midsummer. But I do see the flip.
Thanks Bjorn yes my ‘winter’ is very mild.
A wonderful antipodean angle on summer, Michael! I have a nephew in New Zealand, where it has been snowing!
Hi Kim, thanks for stopping by. Its going to get colder here by the weekend so the weather man is saying.
Stay snug and warm!
Thanks Kim doing well thanks….
I love every word of your masterful writing–and oh how I LOVE the photo… 🙂
Thank you Stella.
Most welcome 🙂
Oh! It must be so strange for Summer to be cooler instead of being warmer..
Beautifully penned Michael 🙂
Lots of love,
Sanaa
It comes round this way every year Sanaa…lol
I love the way you pull us all in round your fire. Have a cosy winter!
Thanks Sarah, in the coming days the fire will be even more important as colder weather is on its way.
As hot as it is here today, the thought of soup and fireplace seems a good trade. We forget it isn’t summer every where, as if it is only our weather that matters. I like this flip of our season so very much. I love the fall and winter and this is lovely for it.
Thank Tony it’s easy to forget that when its hot here it can be feet deep in snow somewhere else.
Ah but in our winter, we envy you! So maybe we are turned upside down too? Lovely, as always, Michael.
Thank you Freya, I guess that is one way of looking at it.
Love this. I can relate to this feeling because that’s how I feel when winter starts here. I envy our neighbors in the southern hemisphere.
Thank you Linda. Yes on a stinking hot day in summer I feel the same about you folk and your winter chill.
I am never envious of anyone’s winter chill. Never.
Warm nights with family
Cosy together, once again.
Mmmm, sounds delightful. Makes it worth the minus 3 (Celsius) we sometimes get here in the morning, although today it was a balmy 3 degrees 🙂 Our wood burner fire usually means a big pot of my son-in-law’s pea and ham soup is always ready for a quick hearty snack.
Hi Lyn, You people up the mountain get it a bit colder than I do…..the soup sounds good, might drop over for a bowl…..
LOL you’d be made welcome if you did, Michael.
Goodness I’d have to bring something wouldn’t I….
LOL not the first time 😉
I like the opening line!
Every season has it’s perks…and I would say homemade soup is what I love most about winter…maybe the only thing. Stay warm!
Being under the scorching rays of the sun is not what it’s cracked up to be. 🙂
Totally agree, thanks for stopping by.
You’re welcome! 🙂
Ah — there are the opposites of seasons around this globe! 🙂 A time of warm fires and hotpots indeed! 🙂 I prefer the middle seasons — crisp cool Octobers and lovely warming May days.
Yes I favour those times too Lillian. Thanks for stopping by have a good day.