It's September - Already?

How did it get to be September already? Eight months ... poof! The first quarter could have been left off my calendar but the remaining five months have been "interesting". Considering Igor the ogre sometimes comes for visits and has to be forcibly removed, Katie and I have managed to keep busy and out and about. Good friends came and helped get me and mine ready for summer and others have taken a risk and have walked with me outside my box/comfort zone and gone on a road trip for a day or attended an evening event and more. In retrospect, the last five months have been a very good though very fast period of time. I'm so blessed to be where I am and among those I am with.

Back to September: Last week we were in triple digit weather. After all, it's summer. So why have I gotten up the last three mornings and kicked the heater on? It's only for 20 minutes or so, just to take the chill out of the house but it's end August/beginning September ... summer! Having said that, it's ideal weather for Katie and me to go walking mornings. The weather guessers tell us we'll be back to summer weather yet this week (we're half way there, hello!) with triple digits in the valley so we can expect upper 90's and then it's supposed to drop down again. We had a church picnic Sunday, specifically planned for 3pm so there would be shade from the hot summer sun. It was in the upper 60's. Swim suits and towels were traded for light jackets.


Personally, I love from mid to upper 70's to low to mid 80's. A week or two of that and I could get my fall flowers in and prepare the yard and pond for the coming, dare I say it, winter. I need more time to be able to enjoy the view from my porch rocker (without jacket, lap robe, etc.)

My friend Arthur Itis aside, winter here is a beautiful season. I'm just not ready to go there yet. Those few brave friends that venture up the mountain during the rest of the year, remove this area from their maps from late fall until late spring. They don't know what they're missing.

Meanwhile, could whoever's in charge please slow the clock and calendar down and stretch out the next couple of months? Let's all enjoy late summer and fall, but let's take our time and do it slowly.