August in Frontenac State Park: The prairie is afire — with flowers
A sense of wistful melancholy — not necessarily an unpleasant sensation – sometimes hits us in August, as we realize that summer has raced past us without our full attention.
And who can give nature and summer their full attention when we’re busy with work 40 or more hours a week, with rambunctious kids, aging parents, family and friends’ celebrations and sorrows, politics, picnics, meetings, addictive Netflix series, the dog to walk, the dishes to do, and all the other demands and desires that daily life presents to us?
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