Autumn
Saturday, October 3, 2015 at 8:35AM I’m still here, but I don’t think a daily writing prompt will work for me. I’m too bossy to be told what to write about ever day.
You aren’t shocked, are you?
I think I’ll try to go alphabetically instead. A is for Autumn. This is the view off of my back patio yesterday morning:
I have been delighted by fall here. Delighted by the apple trees in my yard and the colors of the trees. Delighted by warm days and cold nights. Super delighted by a normal sunrise/sunset schedule - the days of summer were LONG and it was very bright in my bedroom very early. I prefer to greet the sun well after 6:30 a.m. when I can.
Mostly I’m just delighted that we have fall here. It was always my favorite season in Lincoln, and I was afraid winter would come so early to Northern Minnesota that I’d miss it. But nope. It’s here and it’s glorious.
The only thing I don’t like is the wasps. From mid-August to mid-September wasps are EVERYWHERE. Seriously - it’s like an Armageddon Plague. Makes mowing under the apple trees a dicey situation. But they are mostly gone now which probably means winter is right around the corner.
(sob) Hold me.
Things we did to celebrate fall:
Kayaking.
After Hayden left, we went a few more times. Luna even went along for one. Honestly, though, Hayden is my best kayaking partner so I lost some steam after he was gone. They’re in the garage now for the winter.
Homecoming:
Homecoming was the second week of school here and Faith felt like she didn’t know enough people to go to the dance so we did NOT dress shop. That day though, she walked in the parade.
Oh the parade.
You guys - it was the BEST. The whole town comes out for it. They bus over the middle and elementary school kids to watch it. There are “floats” for every sports team, club and organization. There are floats for the royalty of course and several area businesses also participated. They even loaded up the entire orchestra onto the bed of a semi and had them play “The Final Countdown” through the whole route.
Faith walked with the sophomore class. They were supposed to dress like what they want to be when they grow up.
Someone watches too much Criminal Minds.
So yes - autumn has been wonderful up here. I’d like to get in one more bonfire in our fire pit before it’s too cold. Maybe if I put that off, I can put off winter too!
Reader Comments (3)
Looks beautiful up there! So glad you're back-
Every season has it's own beauty, but fall is my favorite too.
I LOVE this post! Good writing, good pictures, please keep it up when you
can. And you can call me whenever you're doing chores!