I always call today Blue Thursday because it is the first Thursday of September and it won’t be long until every Thursday and Tuesday and Friday and Wednesday will look like this all winter long. That is, it will if you live right on the very edge of the Grand canyon. If you don’t then your view will be somewhat different. It will still be Blue Thursday though no matter where you live, the view will just be different.

This is the time of the year where Mother Nature messes with your head. It’s sort of a little joke with her to screw you up, it helps her pass the time during an otherwise boring seasonal change over. Things like where one day you’re sweating like a donut in a police station and the next you’re as cold as an ex-wife’s heart. I wouldn’t complain about it too much though if I were you, she can do a lot worse, Mother Nature that is, and I for one do not want to cheese her off. Think of the Dark Ages where she killed off half the world’s population just because somebody said something they shouldn’t have. In her view we don’t have to be here you know, this is just a courtesy on her part because we amuse her occasionally.

If you look at the image closely, go ahead click on it, I’ll wait, you’ll see white stuff laying all over the place. We all know what that means don’t we. Snow shovels, snow days, dashing through the…, S’now business like Show business, Teenage Mutant Ninja Snow Turtles, S’now way Dude, I’m not eating that, and lots of other stuff that is nasty, cold, wet and uncomfortable. But I’m not complaining! I put that in, the I’m not complaining part, just in case Mother Nature reads my blog, I don’t know if she does but why take chances. I know this other blogger that made fun of this witch and now he has a head shaped like a Raccoon’s butt and all he can eat are buttermilk smoothies. I’m just saying. Watch what you say.

Yes I know that some of you might find that scene above beautiful, maybe even serene, certainly restful. There’s no drama involved, everybody kinda likes blue, and the open spaces make you feel like you’re a small little, slightly overweight bird with short stubby wings, flapping like crazy trying to make it to the other side, but remember, this is early in the morning, you haven’t had your caffeine of choice yet, it is really, really cold out there, the wind is clocking right at a blustery 35mph, and there is every chance your car won’t start and you’re going to have to take the bus to work today. That’s why I call this Blue Thursday, and I suspect you might too.

Let me know if you have any real trouble adjusting to the change and we’ll think nice thoughts about you. Otherwise start digging out all the down stuff you own, I think we’re in for a big one this year.