Fall Is Here!

I Love Fall !  I love the colors, tastes, smells, rain, and yes, even the cool air!

One day as I looked up, I saw red painted on the sides of the mountains and knew that summer was coming to an end. Every day there were changes on the mountain sides as the colors changed to include yellow and orange and grew closer to our valley below.   It won't be long when we will also be bathed in color.

My apple tree has given it's first few apples.  That first crisp, juicy bite of a Golden Delicious apple in the  fall is my favorite bite of the year.  Apples eaten whole or in slices; apples in crisps and pies ; apples in baskets on the table and tucked into lunch bags - it's the best time of the year to eat apples. There is nothing like fresh fruit in the late summer and fall!

After the rain last week, as I was walking up the stairs by the Richard's Building, I could smell the earth and the greenery by the stairs.  I had to stop for just a minute to enjoy the fresh, clean smell of this beautiful earth we live in.  Rain cleanses and refreshes everything and the colors of nature are brighter and sharper.

After the long hot summer, it's nice when it cools down.  I like to open the windows and let the fresh air in after keeping everything closed all summer pretending to shut out the heat.  Then again, it's fun to snuggle up inside a soft blanket to warm up when it gets a little too cool.  One of my favorite things to say is, "You can only take so many clothes off to cool down, but you can always put more on."  I don't mind bundling up in the fall and winter (I think it's my Finnish blood) and as I mentioned, you can always put more clothes on.

The four seasons each have their own special qualities, but isn't fall wonderful!