Unusual To Experience Cold but Usual to Experience Change

It is unusual to experience cold weather with approaching winter going by the summer's humid and torrid days. As days become shorter, the sun also stays for short time. The sun appears at around 9 am from behind the Ngangla Hill. It stays, disappearing haze, drinking up dews, brightening the place and of course helping plants make food, and retires early at around 3:30-4:00 pm. Where as in summer, the sun peeps from the eastern horizon as early as 6:00 am and withdraws it's rays late at 6:30 pm. Thus I consider the short appearance of the sun as one attribute to the cold weather in winter. And other could be attributed to the state of the place being near a river called Bdarangang which is located at about 10 minutes of leisurely walk from the school.
      The seasonal flowers are drying and the grasslands browning. The farm road and the paths are becoming dusty and definitely the trees and plants along the farm roads will gather dusts until a rainy time. Vegetables, particularly spinach and beans, are in abundance. Cabbages and brocollis are beginning to claim their places. And with the rain gone long time back, the success of vegetables depends on the success of our dedication towards our garden. We have to water our garden every evening and if not once in two or three days. The privet hedge gardens in the school are included too. We make sure that the hedges get watered at least once in a week. We are blessed with adequate water and we are thankful to the Dungkhag Education Sector for supporting us with gardening pipes that makes our gardening successful in our own efforts.
     The farmers are beginning to reap their winter corn harvest. And at the same time they are turning towards their orange orchards as the later begin to colour and bend. Then some are earning cash at the school constructing the children's toilets.  Good number of young farmers are away to mint cash, some in Paro and others in Phuntsholing. As the demand of modern times begin to crawl in, the people are not left to live contended and happy with whatever they produce on their farmlands. The pressure to earn and own something keep increasing. The typical eco-friendly houses are slowly disappearing. With roads and lines adorning the places, many things have to put into place, electronics and furniture. And smart phones are no exception. The higher the children ascend in education, the higher their expenditures despite upcoming of three central schools in the Dzongkhag.
     The days are becoming chilly especially morning and evening times. And so is the people's lives. Although it is unusual to experience cold weather going by the summer heat, the change the people have to undergo is not unusual. They are answering the call of modern times.