I love fall. I guess that is typical of me - it’s so middle of the road. Neither too hot nor too cold, fall is just that perfect time inbetween it all.
Here is southern California we don’t get that radical changes of seasons other areas do, but it’s still a special time. It seems overnight the evenings have a certain briskness; a snap in the air that chills your nose. You start to crave late night cups of cocoa. The afghan on the back of your couch becomes something useful rather than merely decoration.
While summer beckons you to enjoy the outdoors, fall tempts you to cocoon. It softly lures you in with coppery butternut squash, back to school supplies and new boots. A southern California fall is like a parent whispering you to sleep.
When I was a kid I loved going back to school. Don’t get me wrong, I loved my summers! Playing all day and nothing more strenuous to do than swim across the pool and catch lightning bugs - not much wrong with that!
But fall was always the beginning for me. New grade, new clothes and yet another chance to convince my classmates I wasn’t the big geek I appeared to be.
So now I’m going to put on my sweater and go out into the 80 degree weather we here call “fall” and enjoy the day. I hope you do the same.
(((Abbie)))
Have a lovely fall both in your imagination and within reality.
Crisp and colourful up here
Catch today and be happy,
Meadow
Comment by Meadow — October 14, 2006 @ 11:28 pm
here in Bal’more the weather is at that “now that summer is over we may as well get right chilly” stage”….My kind of weather too…days in the upper 60’s…nights can get brisk…Happy Fall/Autumn/Post-Summer to you!
Comment by greggy — October 22, 2006 @ 1:54 am