“Behold congenial Autumn comes, the Sabbath of the Year.”
The morning light was different today. A few dark clouds bathed the deck in shadows while sunlight glinted through tree branches in another part of the yard. I was chilly standing on the deck so I came inside and got a sweatshirt then went back out and enjoyed a bit more of the morning. The windows are still closed, but the back door is open and sunlight is pouring onto the floor where Fern is sleeping. Gracie is having her morning nap on the couch.
I haven’t much going on this week. Actually, I have nothing going on, not a single event planned. My dance card is totally empty, and I can’t remember the last time that happened. I do need to get an allergy shot, but I don’t count a shot as an event. Wednesday is supposed to be in the high 70’s so I’m thinking I’ll pencil in a ride with the lovely Miss Gracie. We haven’t done one in a while.
The other day I dug my slippers out of the debris at the bottom of my closet. My feet were cold, a sure indicator of the changing of the seasons.
Here in New England every season has its own wardrobe. Fall is a warm sweater. It’s shoes and socks and cozy clothes for the chilly nights. Winter is the layered season, a sweater and a warm shirt under a heavy jacket. It’s mittens and hats and fleece lined boots. Winter is a blanket on the bed. Spring is a bit of winter and a spark of summer. It’s a warm jacket on a chilly day or a lighter one on a sunny day. It’s an open window and fresh air. Summer is sandals and short sleeves. It’s cotton weather. It’s a pair of shorts and a t-shirt.
Today is a long sleeve shirt day but still a sandal day.
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September 20, 2010 at 11:54 am
Kat
the year sits so much more comfortably on our shoulders when its cycle is seen from a slightly different perspective: Autumn does not BEGIN on Sept 21 (just because the calendar companies say so). Try to see the fall season running from 1 Aug – Lughnasadh/Lammas [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lughnasadh…http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lammas%5D to a soft end at 31 Oct/1 Nov–Hallow’een, the first day of winter…That means this period (this year with a full moon AND a planetary alignment) is the middle of the season, best enjoyed in its fullness!
September 20, 2010 at 9:47 pm
J,
I can easily see the fall season ending at Oct 31. It seems a perfect day to see the start of the stark season, but i don’t know if I can see as early as Aug 1 as the start of fall.
September 20, 2010 at 1:02 pm
We´ve had a wonderful sunny day here today, almost all day. It´s been a sweater day, close to t-shirt day actually. But things turned when I came home and rain started to fall down. It will rain most of the night they say.
We have much the same way to dress like You up here in the north. But we add some flashlights if we´re out in the afternoon at winter, otherwise we wouldn´t find our way here on the countryside when it get dark 🙂 🙂
Have a great day now!
Christer.
September 20, 2010 at 9:49 pm
Christer,
This is such a strange weather sort of year for the both of us. We have warm days then really cold nights then rain. The weather won’t make up its mind.
We have no streetlights on my street so it gets very dark in winter but never as dark as the country.
September 20, 2010 at 4:31 pm
I think I had 10 Pendleton Shirts for Fall when I lived up North. I loved wearing them especially on mornings when we would take the kids through the woods and follow a creek to the other side of our community. It was really a joy to hike in the Fall. I’m sad that I can’t get back there this year.
September 20, 2010 at 9:53 pm
Z&Me,
They were always welcomed as Christmas presents by my brother who wore them all the time.
They totally remind me of fall.