My writing mojo seems to have abruptly departed and we have gone from balmy days with the ceiling fans gently stirring a subtle breeze to having had to turn the heat on, and all before the end of September.
I cannot recall ever having to turn the heat on this early. This does not bode well at all, Gentle Reader…
Can you say “High Heat Bills”?
That thought does not thrill me so this weekend I am doing some major winterizing, or at least acquiring the necessary supplies with which to do so! My hope is that Fickle Summer will tease us again with warm days and balmy nights before Old Man Winter settles in for the duration!
I was surprised how many leaves are already turning, seemingly overnight. However, on my drive to work there is a smattering of brightly colored trees, the unwitting sentinels of the arrival of autumn. I will also take a bit of a drive this weekend to see if I cannot capture some of their majesty in picture.
I leave you with the genius of Chet Baker and Paul Desmond and their rendition of Autumn Leaves… enjoy.
Have a great weekend!
Wow- rather poetic! I hope winter isn’t so severe- the bills are atrocious, even here in South Australia. Have lots of woolly lap rugs ready. I love my “home jumpers” which you’d call sweaters- big and hairy, stripes of different yarns in coordinating colours! They serve as dressing gown substitutes with track pants! What exactly is this business of putting plastic on the windows?
I woke up yesterday to a freezing house, one of my online friends said to me, why don’t you just turn on the heat? With us here in the northeast it’s like a contest to see who can hold out the longest before giving in and turning on the heat. I think I lost because last night I turned it on. LOL
I can’t believe this weather. We never had the ‘heat of the summer’. I’d hoped for a long warm fall. Those dreams were destroyed last week with the snow – and yesterday with the frost. Amazing weather.