Bama Red Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 What's your favorite sound of summer? Something you can enjoy by sound alone - ya don't have to see, smell, touch or taste it to enjoy? For me, its the sound of an Atlanta Braves game (probably any baseball game would do, but I do love the Braves), either on TV or radio. If its on TV, more times than not, I'm somewhere I can't even see the TV, but I enjoy the game just as much as if I could see it. What's your sound of summer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Jake1001 Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 The big KERPLOOSH sound as I do a cannon-ball in my pool. Just sayin' Big Jake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apache Hawk 60642 Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 The big KERPLOOSH sound as I do a cannon-ball in my pool. Just sayin' Big Jake Yup..........Dat works fer me !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 The sound of silence sitting on my deck after nightfall. Maybe a chorus of crickets the only thing breaking it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pulp, SASS#28319 Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 Tree crickets and tree frogs in the night. Big ol' bullfrogs tryin' to outdo one another. A pack of coyotes singing(although that's probably more of a winter sound). The wailing cry of screech owl. What most folks call whiporwills, but are actually chuck will's widows. Not so favorite summer sounds: the buzz of a diamondback, the hiss of a cottonmouth. The first time I took my wife camping. She was a city girl, and had never been in the woods of SE OK. We were sitting around the campfire when screech owl cut loose about 20 yards behind the tent. I'll never forget how large my wife's eyes got as she whispered, "What was that?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noz Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 Tree crickets and tree frogs in the night. Big ol' bullfrogs tryin' to outdo one another. A pack of coyotes singing(although that's probably more of a winter sound). The wailing cry of screech owl. What most folks call whiporwills, but are actually chuck will's widows. Not so favorite summer sounds: the buzz of a diamondback, the hiss of a cottonmouth. The first time I took my wife camping. She was a city girl, and had never been in the woods of SE OK. We were sitting around the campfire when screech owl cut loose about 20 yards behind the tent. I'll never forget how large my wife's eyes got as she whispered, "What was that?" In Missouri there are whip-poor wills. I was turkey hunting and got to watch a love lorn fellow sitting on a stump at arms length from me recite his plaintive "chuck, whip poor will" several hundred times. He rotated about 1/8 of a turn with each call. Interesting morning, no turkey though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 Oh, there are so many. The sound of a small river or large stream, running over rocks, morning or night. The night sounds of a farm or forest. The splash of water in a lake after dark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 The sound of the dawn breeze in the trees. The almost silent flight of a bat or an owl. (really spooky to feel as much hear an owl as it glides past you about 5 feet away.) The 'plop' of a lure hitting the water and the hum of the reel as you retrieve it. The crackle of a camp fire and the sizzle of meat on a grill. Odd...I have tinnitus really bad and can barely hear most of those. Maybe that is why they rate as favorites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Sage, SASS #49891 Life Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 The Beachboys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cascade Charlie, SASS # 48668L Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 What's your favorite sound of summer? Something you can enjoy by sound alone - ya don't have to see, smell, touch or taste it to enjoy? For me, its the sound of an Atlanta Braves game (probably any baseball game would do, but I do love the Braves), either on TV or radio. If its on TV, more times than not, I'm somewhere I can't even see the TV, but I enjoy the game just as much as if I could see it. What's your sound of summer? Yup! I really miss Skip Carey or Ernie Johnson calling a Brave's game...Lots of fond memories. For some reason, I don't hear any insect noises over here and we both miss the tree frogs. Have a happy summer... Charlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 The Germinator always loved hearing the Whippoorwills. When I hear one, it brings back fond memories of the time we had together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Buckshot, SASS #2901 Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 Young Kids playing and laughing in a park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 The soft gurgle of a Dos Equis being poured into a frosted mug. and Mr. Tambourine Man playing on an AM radio. and The snick, snick snick of a rainbird on the neighbors lawn accompanied by children's laughter as they dash through the drops and Distant thunder from an afternoon storm rolling in from the Everglades and the rustling of the trees as the breeze is pushed ahead of it and Waves softly slapping against the shoreline and the soft hiss as they recede down the sand as Seagulls laugh overhead and The zzzzzz of line playing out after a perfect cast and the ploop of the lure as it hits the water right where that lunker Bass is waiting and The faint crack of a bat and the swelling noise from the crowd in the stands as you wait in line outside at the ticket booth, fidgeting in anticipation and The rumble of V8s slowly moving past the ticket booth into the drive-in theater as the sun sets and The clunk of a paddle on the side of the canoe as you float down a crystal clear, spring-fed river past willows and oak trees and The sudden Whoosh as a dust devil sneaks up on you and snatches your hat into the stratosphere and The rush of the wind over a Canyon Wren's wings as it swoops past you and dives for the rocks below and.... SOMEBODY STOP ME! :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 FROM LONG AGO AND FAR AWAY! The splash of the cool waters of the swimming pool after a hot day of cutting grass and doing odd jobs in the hot and humid summer afternon of Southern Illinois summer. The the breeze in the driver's window and the sight of fire flies in the freshly cut field of hay, on my way to the drive in theater with my current girl friend. The sounds of the music and call at the local square dance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Dave Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 You Braves fans must have enjoyed last nights game much more than I did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slackwater Jack, SASS #42272 Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 The big KERPLOOSH sound as I do a cannon-ball in my pool. Just sayin' Big Jake BRAGGART!!! LOL Slackwater (What wishes HE had a backyard pool he could jump inta!) Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slackwater Jack, SASS #42272 Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 The Beachboys +1 Sage, +1! Slackwater Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden A. Grudge Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 The bug zapper light happily zapping away. Nothing like drifting off to sleep to the melody of Zap Zap ZZZZAAAAAP (got a big one) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 The pop of a cold beer can on a hot afternoon waiting for the fishing bobber to dunk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grouchy Greg, SASS#71981 Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 In Missouri there are whip-poor wills. I was turkey hunting and got to watch a love lorn fellow sitting on a stump at arms length from me recite his plaintive "chuck, whip poor will" several hundred times. He rotated about 1/8 of a turn with each call. Interesting morning, no turkey though. ===================================================== There used to be whippoorwills all over Virginia, but I haven't heard one in years. There's several owls in the woods back of us though, and we hear them just about every night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Scatterbrain Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 The splash of water in a lake after dark. Umm...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 S-K-I-N-N-I-E D-I-P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Scatterbrain Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 S-K-I-N-N-I-E D-I-P I was thinking something much more sinister. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Things that go splash while you are skinny dipping could be real sinister. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apache Hawk 60642 Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Da sound of a whippoorwill at night, and cuttin' fire wood fer wintertime. Ya know why it's good fire wood don't cha ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Jake1001 Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 S-K-I-N-N-I-E D-I-P Not around here. When I go in the pool it's called Chunky Dunking. Ain't no skinny people livin' here 'bouts. Just sayin' Big Jake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grouchy Greg, SASS#71981 Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 The sound of katydids on a summer night, which are gradually blended with and finally replaced by the sound of crickets as summer wears on and my favorite season, fall, approaches. Lightnin' bugs (fireflies to you yankees) are silent, but they used to fill the summer air at night when I was a kid. Now you just see one or two here and there, since their numbers have been decimated by pesticides. Another generation, and they'll be totally gone. Damn shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Recalling another sound of summer from my boyhood. We did not have air conditioning and the summer nights were very hot and humid in Southern Illinois. We lived above the Mississippi river on a hill top, and I could hear the trains at night in the switching yard a couple of miles below our house. This was mostly steam engines and they would huff and hiss with bells ringing. I would go to sleep listening to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Lightnin' bugs (fireflies to you yankees) are silent, but they used to fill the summer air at night when I was a kid. Now you just see one or two here and there, since their numbers have been decimated by pesticides. Another generation, and they'll be totally gone. Damn shame. Don't count on it. We've had an amazing show the past week or so looking out pretty much any direction at night from our driveway. The sounds I associate with summer... Hmmm... Since I often associate summer with camping: The sound of a fire hissing and crackling. The hiss of a Coleman lantern The sound of the Grand Ole Opry as it fades in and out on a radio while we sit back in front of the fire or inside our sleeping bags The sounds of the woodland insects, tree frogs and the like as they sing in the night Whip-poor-wills Coffee brewing on a Coleman stove as I try to wipe the sleep from my eyes A Cincinnati Reds game playing in the background while old times are remembered Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grouchy Greg, SASS#71981 Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Recalling another sound of summer from my boyhood. We did not have air conditioning and the summer nights were very hot and humid in Southern Illinois. We lived above the Mississippi river on a hill top, and I could hear the trains at night in the switching yard a couple of miles below our house. This was mostly steam engines and they would huff and hiss with bells ringing. I would go to sleep listening to them. ================================================= Our house had no air conditioning either, just cross-ventilation from opposing windows, electric fans, and lots of shade trees. We'd sit out on the front porch on summer nights, listening to the whipporwills, the occasional owl, and train whistles. We lived about 100 yards or so from the tracks at the west end of the railyards, and steam engines were a part of the daily scene until about 1957. I too went to sleep many a night listening to long eastbound coal drags heading into town from the West Virginia mines, and long strings of empties heading back to the mines from Norfolk. They always whistled for the first crossing west of town at Nutbush (yes Virginia, there really is a place called Nutbush. It used to have a country store and post office, and a flagstop shelter where you could catch the passenger trains to points east and west). Granddad was an engineer, and would take me to the roundhouse with him to check out the various steam locomotives that were in for service and watch them get turned on the turntable. Then we might go over to the yard office and hang out a while and listen to the funny stories as the yard crews ragged on each other between assignments. I've still got most of Granddad's old time books, from the 1920's to the 1950's. He always carried the current one on him or in his overnight "grip" on runs. Some of them still have coal dust between the pages, and they all still smell like coal smoke and cinders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 That was a wonderful time for a kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. James H. Callahan Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Lots of good ones here, especially the bullfrogs. I'd pick cicadas (though I know some folks find them annoying). To me THAT'S the sound of summer. When I was a button we called them locusts (I know, incorrectly) JHC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.