Where has the summer...
July this year was a cold month. This was a phenomenon for the entire country. You know, I want a HOT SUMMER!
Surprisingly, I heard the sound of locusts this morning. It's one of the sounds of summer in Japan. Do you have any particular sounds that you associate with summer?
Comments
Lawn mowers & chain saws.
Posted by: bcj. | August 5, 2003 1:01 AM
cicadas humming in the trees at dusk.
Posted by: Aimee | August 5, 2003 8:05 AM
I agree on the crickets and the lawn mowers. Other sound I relate to summer is splashing water in pools (along with squeals and laughter)
Posted by: Rae | August 5, 2003 3:11 PM
Cicadas here, as well. The past couple of weeks, the buzzing has been continuous.
That, and the constant hum of the air conditioner. 108 degrees F outside this afternoon (42 degrees C).
Posted by: Jeff | August 6, 2003 12:58 PM
The sounds I associate with summer...
"It's too hot!"
"Someone kill me, it's too hot."
"Water.....water....water..."
"What? I can't hear you. It's too hot!"
and finally, the sounds of children playing. You don't hear that sound when the children are busy doing schoolwork.
Posted by: TheRich | August 6, 2003 1:49 PM
Want hot? Come and visit me in Austin, Texas. Yesterday it was 108 degrees F. And it's not a dry heat! This is typical for this time of year, here. The people I feel sorry for this summer are the Europeans. It's just as hot there this year and they're not prepared for it. No AC!
As for sounds of summer--cicadas. Other than that it's very quiet because it's too hot for man or beast to be outside. And the rare and "delicate sound of thunder" before a summer downpour.
Posted by: M | August 9, 2003 6:06 AM
buzzing cicada..I love that sound
Posted by: Leann | August 9, 2003 12:47 PM
isogashi tokoro gomennasai :) nande H wa sex? wakaru?
sorry my english, why H is sex in japanese?
Posted by: gabriel | August 23, 2003 10:37 AM
gabriel,
I checked it up, and found it probably came from "hentai" (変態: sex pervert).
Posted by: Kiyo | August 24, 2003 10:42 PM