The Seasons

Just as I was about to open this post with a big proclamation of "I love fall" I realized... it's not so much fall that has me all sorts of giddy these days... sure, I love the changing leaves, the chill that makes you zip up those boots and throw on a sweater, the crockpots and soup bowls being dusted off... but what I like best is simply the good ole' fashioned dawning of a new season. Just when you think you can't take one more day of Mother Nature's creation, she delivers another... and this next season, again full of promise and anticipation.

Or, er - maybe it's just me.

Either way, I know this is where I am right now; I'd had just about all I could take of the humidity of our summer, ready to give up entirely on these seasons when suddenly fall poked its head out reminding me of the beauty of that elusive next page on the calendar.

And lovely she is...

The very best part about this? I'm confident that right when I'm done with the uneven temperatures and sometimes dreary, rainy days of fall, along will come Christmas-time (it's right around the corner - already!), in all its 'decked-the-hall' glory and a whole new, exciting season.