Today is the first morning that it's been really appreciably cooler - 51 degrees and sunny, but with that Fall slant to sunlight. I am a Summer Forever girl, but there is something
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I am a summer girl too. I always joke that I could live in the tropics because I'm the weirdo that actually LIKES humidity. :) (And we get plenty of that in Maryland during the summers, trust me!)
Autumn for me is a time of comfort. It reminds me of Thanksgivings, playing tackle football with cousins at my grandmother's. It reminds me of Halloween, a holiday I've ALWAYS loved. The ceremony of dressing up and trick or treating. It's pumpkins and the sweet smell of decaying leaves yet to be raked up.
It's football games, both at school and at home. Tucked in bed with the sound of the football game my dad is watching coming from the living room, making me feel safe. Going to the field in high school and laughing with friends. :)
I heard it described as "autumnal decrepitude" in the audiobook I am reading - made me chuckle. I feel blue when I start to notice the days getting shorter but I'm hoping it will be a good year for fall color. We haven't had a great one in a while.
Oh me too! And since I've become prone to depression, I feel really wary about it.
Our foliage has hardly done a thing, but one thing that's happening that's COOL, are trees that are HALF changing. I mean, one half green, the other in full fall glory.
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Autumn for me is a time of comfort. It reminds me of Thanksgivings, playing tackle football with cousins at my grandmother's. It reminds me of Halloween, a holiday I've ALWAYS loved. The ceremony of dressing up and trick or treating. It's pumpkins and the sweet smell of decaying leaves yet to be raked up.
It's football games, both at school and at home. Tucked in bed with the sound of the football game my dad is watching coming from the living room, making me feel safe. Going to the field in high school and laughing with friends. :)
Um, wow. I may expand more in my journal. LOL
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Our foliage has hardly done a thing, but one thing that's happening that's COOL, are trees that are HALF changing. I mean, one half green, the other in full fall glory.
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