It's almost October, my favorite month of the year. I'll never understand those folks who get the love sweats for sunny, 95 -degree weather. I find that sort of day akin to a cosmic spanking--a purely unpleasant bum-hammering, really. When I moved out here, I was unmoved by the incessant griping about the rain. When you live in a temperate rain forest, it stands to follow that you and your precious Jersey hair sculptures are going to get damp, if not soaked.
I strive to create a home that is a place of warmth, comfort, and peace, but from about September 20th to around January 15th, our wee place takes on a glow not enjoyed in July or August. Because we're not outside as much and actually notice the inside surroundings, I can focus more clearly in a way that doesn't happen when the sun blanket is in town. The smell of steeping cider combined with the chilled breeze from the porch mark the fall here in lieu of the vivid changing colors on the midwest trees.
It is with a toothy smile I say, Welcome Home, October. Pull up your hood and break out the warm mittens. It's time to cozy up to Neptune and bid Apollo farewell until April...
5 comments:
I love autumn too, mostly for the reasons you posted. Sweaters and heaters and oranges and reds...seriously, it gets no better!
Ahhh... October. When winter coats come out for romancing. Calumet basements are cleaned and old ghosts ride in the backseats of vans buried from summer road trips.
And the high temps in Vegas go from 115 to 96.
I really miss Michigan falls; there isn't much of a change here. Our spring is pretty glorious, but fall, not so much. I do look forward to cooler mornings and evenings though.
Jersey hair sculptures... heh heh.
I miss having a real fall. It's still in the upper 90s here in the central valley.
This was my absolute favorite time of year until my body decided somewhere around the age of 25 that I am allergic to everything that exists this time of year. Spring and autumn, though beautiful, are nothing but an endless stream of sinus infections, headaches and general ickyness.
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