Tuesday, September 11, 2018

Falling

We just came through the first autumnal weekend of the season.

It was nice to sleep under a substantial blanket.  It was nice to root through the closet for a light jacket to wear outside.  It was nice to turn on the car heater for a quick blast of warmth.  It was nice to watch a leaf fall from the top of a tree and slowly drift to the ground.  It was nice to turn on the television and watch pennant chase baseball, and football.  It was nice to turn off the fans and air conditioners, and open the windows.  It was nice to look at fall clothes in the Land's End and L.L. Bean catalogs.   It was nice to be able to breathe.

I'm not "in" to "pumpkin spice" anything, but if that's your thing, enjoy it while you can.  

As I have said here many times before, there are two big problems with fall.  The first is it doesn't last long enough.  The second is, it's always followed by winter.