Suddenly Fall

We went from hot to quite chilly overnight! I spent the summer keeping the blinds closed and the oven off... no bright lights, no hot dinners. But now it's time to open the windows and warm up the hearth fires! Nothing says "change of season" like the smell of chili simmering and cornbread baking once again.

Signs of fall are all around. After a long, hot summer, we're drinking it in:












I'm finding some renewed energy and interest in things like RUNNING. For the non-dedicated like myself, it was simply too darned hot to run this summer. I felt like I stayed hot from June 1st onward, even without much movement. Even the pool was hot!

It's time for textiles, yarn in my lap and blankets on my legs. Jackets are hanging on the hooks once again. Fall is a lovely season, for so many reasons, and so very welcome here. I think everyone who lives in a place with 4 seasons feels the same: THANKFUL! I spurn the Christmas dept in October! Give me fall, and that's enough. Let me have my time to rejoice in a "good harvest" before the clamor of need and the want of winter sets in... There is no season like fall for making everyone feel richly content, both inside and out. What a blessing to be surrounded by richness of color, taste, scent, and even sound, no matter the numbers in my checkbook. :)

There is yet "goodness in the land of the living." Fall is a beautiful reminder of what is to come, a haunting melody that I seem to recall from another place, something stirring that makes me almost homesick. I find myself thankful for these beautiful days, this gorgeous light, the cool breezes and the colorful trees, but also for a HOME I haven't seen yet but long for more and more with every passing season. It will be good, and fall teases me with a memory of what will be...