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Whitby Free Press, Weêmesday. September 1, 1993. Page 7 A S ,eason sli*ps'by' Ever wonder where a summer went? When Labour Day stares us in the face, wben children as young as eight sniff the morning air and sigh: "SmelIs like early autumn to me" And early autumn smells like the beginning of another sehool year. Already, maple trees begin to show their autumnn turning. Or at least those branches crippled by disease or exhaust fumes. And weeks yet before the frost. Where has a summer gone? Into the vegetable garden we planted, when was it? only weeks ago? And now the Iate-planted sunflowers bow their heads, ashamed of their earwig-tattered leaves. The toma- toes struggle to ripen. The cucumbers who yielded up eigbt fruit before deciding to go on pogey during a July heat wave. The pumpkins: worrying through until Halloween.----- On our side of the fence we produced dozens and dozens of blooms. Not one pumpkin. Not one. But through the board fence: neighbour Henry bas pointed out how our vines poked througb and flourished. Though the garden belongs to Erin, our eight-year-old, we have flot yet shown ber what also escaped througb tbe fence: a buge, yellowisb elonga- ted pumpkin, hanging on the vine, looking much like a cucumber-pumpkin blend. Would it be Cucukin? Or Pumpcumber? Waiting for that moment in October for harvest and carving, as befits the season. Where else bave we left the summer? On the eavestroughs, with three coats of paint, six heurs each. (And more experts who bave pontificated over this mistake: "You'll be sorry. Now you'Illbave to paint them every year." We'll see. Windows and doors, another four hours for each of three coats, (te be finisbed this fail.) That's, let's see, eighteen plus twelve, another tbirty hours. How many times does a homeowner mow the lawn eacb summer? Every five days -- we should make it tha ofen-- would be, fro My, let's see, five montbs, about one hundred and ifi.fty days, that's thirty times. At forty minutes a pop, plus twenty minutes with the edger. That's thirty heurs of the summer, gone. Turning compost: twelve hours, straight time. VISiT 0F 1HAMAR VISCOUNT GREENWOOD TO WH1TBY, SEPT. 4p 1938 Planning garden projects, watering, repairing Hamar Greenwood, Whitby's most famous son, dedicated a meinorial window te bis parents boses, setting up and taking down Crocodile Mile: at Ail Saints' Anglican Church on this occasion. From left ta, right are Rev. h.Ra Adye, ýbirty-six ours.rector; Hamar Çreenwood- Viscountess Greenwood and Bey. Derwyn T'. Owen, Ac ishop of~ Toronto. Where else? Yeab, driving te and from vacation. Whltby Archlvoe phao Two twelve-hour days te make it, te Prince Edward Island, two similar days te make it back. There's 10 YEARS AGO wberelforty-eight bours of the summer went. fromn the Wednesclay, A t 31, 1983 edition of the Ohrigt.Theeigt ayson rice dwad sladWIITB PRESS h, r*gt. Thestet dyonrince Edward Islaone, ehe VWitby Dunlops, world hockey champions of 1958, beld their 25th anniversary hat'se ei imegttyf our, ka, umrigbt oereunion Isat weekend. hundedan eibty-ourbour. *Many beaches along Lake Ontario are being closed because of contamination, but net those at Whitby. And et u no forg e thi coumn:fou bous a* Aàea r of Th FreePrea ays vin a letter to the editor that the paper is giving Mayor That's where the summer gees. Inte nooks andmil crannies, inte crooks and nannies of picnics and* Humphrey Brothers of Toronto have placed a memorial window to the late Rey. Vincent wedn n weigsad Intnsan_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ofe n t JhsAnlca hucPotWhty anddpcing afndwigs adpatnsadpnig .Myrofr nS.Jh' nlcnCucPr ht