Rain, how I've missed you.
It's a cool 77 degrees outside and the overcast sky is a lovely blue-gray color I haven't seen in awhile. The rain smells so good this morning. I let Lola out and didn't mind at all that she was taking her sweet time. I closed my eyes and listened to the tiny rain drops hitting the leaves, the gutter, the ground. I heard cars passing by, teenagers shouting, birds chirping in the distance. I felt the cool breeze washing over me. And Lola! She was pretty excited about the rain, too.
I know it's going to get up to 101 today, and I know tomorrow's forecast is mostly sunny with a high of 105. But in this moment, I feel the coming of fall. I love the holidays, and I love winter, but autumn is the anticipation of all of that. Sometimes looking forward to something can be just as fun as that something itself, maybe even more. Autumn is cardigans and sweaters. Autumn is the first sip of hot caramel apple cider. Autumn is when the oven turns back on and the smell of cookies, cupcakes, and pies wafts through the house. Autumn is the quietness at home when there is neither air-conditioning nor heat running.
Autumn is my favorite season.
Soon the kids will be going back to school and the heat will drop back into the 90s..80s.. You can find me enjoying the last weeks of summer, wearing my shorts and flip flops, sipping on iced coffee. And then it will be time to bring out the light scarves and muffin pans.
I know it's going to get up to 101 today, and I know tomorrow's forecast is mostly sunny with a high of 105. But in this moment, I feel the coming of fall. I love the holidays, and I love winter, but autumn is the anticipation of all of that. Sometimes looking forward to something can be just as fun as that something itself, maybe even more. Autumn is cardigans and sweaters. Autumn is the first sip of hot caramel apple cider. Autumn is when the oven turns back on and the smell of cookies, cupcakes, and pies wafts through the house. Autumn is the quietness at home when there is neither air-conditioning nor heat running.
Autumn is my favorite season.
Soon the kids will be going back to school and the heat will drop back into the 90s..80s.. You can find me enjoying the last weeks of summer, wearing my shorts and flip flops, sipping on iced coffee. And then it will be time to bring out the light scarves and muffin pans.