Our exceptional Fall weather has broken at long last. We’ve been enjoying the color change and moderate temperatures for the past few days, and finally we are going to see some rainy weather.
\nThe sky is gray and cloudy. We’re not quite to the “overcast” stage yet, but they tell us it’s coming.
\nI refuse to complain. We need the rain, and some of us need the solitude that a rainy day brings. If my mother could have her way, it would be 78 and sunny all the time. I like the occasional stormy day that draws the world in, and slows it down, and I like the snap of a cool Fall day.
\nI’m savoring the green just outside my office window. The magnolia has just begun it’s change to a buttery yellow. You can see the lighter color interspersed amid the deeper green. The forsythia is still going strong, but the poison ivy climbing the tree further down the lawn has gone yellow.
\nWe have a beautiful maple tree that we are loosing. The bark is split up the trunk, and either it has suffered from a lack of water, or from an infestation. It still has one branch showing it’s fiery Fall plumage. This will be it’s last Fall.
\nI hope that where ever you are, you are enjoying these days as much as I am. It’s lovely out there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Our exceptional Fall weather has broken at long last. We’ve been enjoying the color change and moderate temperatures for the past few days, and finally we are going to see some rainy weather. The sky is gray and cloudy. We’re … Continue reading