Fall is seducing me with her fancy colors, comfortable temperatures, & wafting smells. It is beautiful outside. And yet I can't sit back and simply enjoy it on a lazy Sunday afternoon. I feel this need to take advantage of every splendid moment that fall is gifting me - to rake, to can pears, to visit Bookworm Gardens, to go to the Famers' Market... Todd and the kids are the same way. There are gutters being cleaned, a few more boards added to the fort, a few more hours being played outside in the sunshine. Even a cup of warm cider acknowledges how glad we are that fall is choosing to stay awhile.
We all know that winter is around the corner, but we don't discuss her. We will ingore her upcoming visit until there is frost on the sill. Perhaps fall is just winter in a colorful, fancy hat - kicking us out of our late summer apathy and reminding us that we need to get the snowblower serviced. If so, it worked.
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