Fall Is Perfect

Today is a cloudy and overcast day here, and we are supposed to get some thunderstorms. All of which is fine with me, I just hope Katie and I can avoid the storms when we take our walks. But I'm doing "inside" things today - laundry, bill-paying, etc., so I didn't have outdoor plans anyway.

Fall is taking hold now, except for the temperatures, which have been unpleasantly warm. However, I am choosing to ignore that the best I can until it cools off appropriately, and am enjoying the changing leaves, the trees getting ready for their rest, and the quiet of fall. I love it when the main sound is crunchy leaves, or the sound of kids coming off the school bus at the end of the day, full of "news" and other chatter.

I even love the dark, quiet evenings, that allow me to enjoy just being in the moment. When it's light until 8 pm, I never feel like I should settle in, because it's still light out. But when fall comes, it feels like I have permission to relax after the busyness of the day. 

We had no trick-or-treaters again this year, which was disappointing. But there was a "night market" in the neighborhood, with music and food, so things were at least lively. I was out with Katie after dinner, and we got to see a lot of the littler kids in their costumes on the way to a party held at a nearby preschool, so that was fun. The Tim said he saw a LOT of adults in costumes when he was out with her later. But I really don't think I'd enjoy Halloween as much if it was still light out. I know it's mostly because that is what I'm used to, but I do like it when the evening seems like the evening!  

I hope your fall season is going well, and that you are enjoying the things there are to be happy about. And if you live somewhere where you are having springtime, enjoy that too, because in your world, things are starting to bloom!