Summer In My Heart, Winter In My Soul

Duality is present in our lives in many forms and manifestations. It means the coexistence of two different principles or elements. Obviously, there are two elements and there are plenty of examples: black and white, hot and cold, good and evil, heaven and hell, sweet and bitter, summer and winter...

That's what I thought of when I saw one of the topic proposals for our writing offered by @galenkp at the beginning of the weekend.

Summer/Winter!

Also on this occasion, I thought about the fact that when in one place on earth it is winter, in another place it is summer! I think there are people who can afford to live only in their favorite season, simply moving from one place to another. Are there such people?

Summer

Well, I can only share my life experience. I live in a climate with four seasons and I can't change anything that nature wants to give me. I can only have one favorite season and that is summer. There are always reasons that make us prefer something or other. Come to think of it, my reasons for summer would mainly be two.

One comes from my childhood spent with my grandparents, especially during school summer holidays. Summer was the season of freedom, away from the harsher eyes of parents. The freedom to spend every day in nature, from morning until late at night. Now it's one of the hardest nostalgia.

The other reason is the sea. My great passion is the sea! I don't live near any sea, so I can enjoy its presence all the time. Only summer takes me close to the sea. Because of this, at the end of summer, I start to miss the summer ahead and the joy of being by the sea.

_{I love seaside places that let me dream that I could live there too}

_{I like to walk along streets that seem to lead straight down to the sea}

_{When I'm at the sea I like to think that I'm a local who swims in the sea in less developed and pretentious places.}

_{I love "Dolce far niente" every summer by the Sea}

_{Of course, the coffee!}

Winter

I don't think there's a child who doesn't love winter. Of course, I'm referring especially to those who live in four-season areas. When I was a child, a child growing up in the country with my grandparents, I looked forward to winter. Not because I liked the cold. I didn't like it, but I didn't feel it when I played in the snow either. In winter the whole landscape was changed, all the dirt was covered by the cleanliness of white.

Childhood passes quickly, unfortunately. My maturity was no longer in the country, my maturity was in the city. Winter in the city is not as beautiful as in the country. Too many people, too many cars... The snow can't be clean and immaculate anymore. Winter can't be my favorite season anymore.

The climate has started to change. Global warming! Some people don't believe it's happening. I see it, I feel it, I believe it. The last winter that reminds me of winters gone by was four years ago.

„Où sont les neiges d'antan?”

Where are the snows of yesteryear?

It's a famous question, taken from a poem, "The Ballad of the Ladies of Yesterday" written by François Villon some five hundred years ago. The poet's question is not about climate change. It refers to the passage of time. This expression is used when you miss places, people, or events that are no more.

My belief is that I won't see the snows of yesteryear, because once upon a time these snows stayed for at least three months a year. Now they last, in the south of Romania where I live, at most a week.

_{In winter I like to look out the window the most}

_{Winter beauty that lasts only a few days}

_{The white nights of winter still seen through the window}

_{Winter on the street at night}

_{The true beauty of winter in the city can only be found in parks}

_{Of course, the coffee!}

Summer is in my heart and remains my favorite season even though I can hardly bear the sweltering heat.
Winter, on the other hand, I can say is in my soul. I think my soul is getting colder and feels that winter is coming for it.

"No matter if you're coming into winter or summer weather will alter what you do with your weekend. Give us a snapshot of the things you do (or have done) over a weekend in the heat of summer or the cold of winter."

_{This was the source of inspiration, this is the topic chosen from those proposed by @galenkp. After I finished writing I realized that I didn't answer the requests correctly but for me, it is important that I wrote another post after a rather long period of inactivity and I am glad because of that.}