The weather in Hawai'i is beautiful. I have no issue with the weather day to day. But there is no spring in the true northeastern sense that induced Richard Rogers to write the exuberant lyrics to "June is Bustin' out All Over!"
My experience of return to Hawai'i was spring. I love the winter, but what I love most about the seasons is the change. Summer weather is dull if not taken in context. The pleasure of the weather is increased by the experience of winter and the knowledge of its transience. The turning of the seasons clears the slate for the new year and gives us a true appreciation of all weathers good or bad.
Not to say that Hawaiian seasons are non existent or "wrong". They are what they are. But they are not of my native clime, and exist in contradiction to my experience of the world.
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