Yes, I am a true Pacific Northwesterner. Tried and true, through and through.
Fall is my favorite time of year.
I've written many a love letter to this season but reading them now, in the bright, warm sun just seems...wrong. Usually I have pumpkins decorating my home, garlands of fall-colored leaves draping my fireplace, an apple candle burning. I usually have homemade soup prepared at least twice a week and have failed at raising at least one batch of rolls to go with it. Normally, during this time of year, I experience a burst of energy much like others do in the springtime...
I'm still waiting for that.
[Hello? Energy? Where are you?]
Fall is magic for me. I love everything about it. I love the colors, the scents, the way the shadows become long and lovely and more mysterious. I love the unpredictable weather, the storms, the wind. I even love a little bit of the rain. I love the change. I love the way it isn't cold enough for a coat but just cold enough for a sweater and maybe a cool scarf. I love the way everything feels in the fall. The air, the light, the sounds - they all take on special meaning for me in the fall.
I can't imagine living without fall. A perpetual summer or winter would do me in, for sure. For it is the changing, the renewal, the hibernation of all things to a place of rest, a place of calm, a place of rebirth that keeps my internal clock ticking. Keeps me energized. Keeps me going.
For fall, you are and always will be, my compass. My light. My birth (even though technically I'm a spring babe).
Fall...I'm waiting.
9 comments:
Our weather is so totally random lately, isn't it! 65 Saturday? 83 tomorrow? I have no idea what clothes to put on my kids, ever!
Ooooh its my favorite too! I'm still waiting here as well. We don't get our true fall until well into the middle or end of October and then it lasts until nearly January. Our Christmas is always very mild. Now watch it prove me wrong this year and be freezing.
Oh girl, me too.
I thought it was going to be here (KY) this week. But it's 80 degrees and humid today. Still waiting....,
I'm a fall babe who feels this way about spring. It's full of vibrance and optimism and I already can't wait for it to be here again.
We balance one another out... I like that.
xoxo
We got a cool front today! Like the air systems were following my Twitter stream and heard me griping about the projected 103 heat.
Winter. It's all about the sun. The first day of Winter, the days grow longer.
All downhill at the Summer Solstice. Not that anyone else notices.
But back before Daylight Savings....
Still, Fall has its moments. Esp. the crispness & clarity of the air.
xxxooomom
I know me too! Over here in PA its like 78 out and SUNNY! WTH ?
I was given a Superior Scribbler award and you my old blog buddy deserve one too ...so I passed it along :) Details over at my place
here in ohio it was hot and muggy as i watched the leaves drip from the trees - but i know all too soon the snow and the freezing wind will be here so i'll take it
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