First day of Spring!

Although the weather in my part of the world has screamed springtime for a while now, today it is official! Bradford Pears, daffodils and Red Bud trees are all in bloom. Soon we'll see our beloved Dogwood's in full color! In honor of the season...Vivaldi's "La Primavera" (Spring)

Santa's Lap

A little fun and silliness for the season...



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Autumnal Equinox

Everything you ever wanted to know about the Autumnal Equinox...at least according to Yahoo...

And it's already happened...don't tell me you missed it!

Labor Day Weekend

This weekend is the last official holiday of the summer. It is set aside in the USA to celebrate everyone who "labors" for a living!

Even though there is no perceptible change in the weather (which means it is still really hot and humid here), school has started, the High School is playing football on Friday nights, our local county fair has begun and I've even noticed a slight change in the color of the leaves on the dogwood trees (which are always the first to change)all combine to tell us it is the beginning of fall!

What does fall mean in your part of the world?

Where I live,the trees will really begin to change until we are surrounded in a breathtaking array of color! We'll finally get a break in the humidity, and start to feel a "nip" in the air early in the mornings. Mums and scarecrows and hay and cornstalks will spring up overnight in many of our neighbors yards. We will start preparing some of the foods more associated with cold weather...homemade soup, beef stew just to name a couple. We'll take a trip to the local "Corn Maze" and select our pumpkin. The hummingbirds will visit our feeders less and less and we'll start to hear the call of geese and ducks as they migrate through. I must confess, fall is my favorite time...

As a celebration of our "last" weekend of summer and the "first" weekend of fall...we will take grandson and a friend swimming today and then take him to the County Fair on Sunday or Monday...how often do you get the chance to celebrate two seasons in one weekend? Hope you enjoy yours!

Summertime

Don't know how it is in your part of the world but where I am it is hot and humid and did I mention hot?

I know that the seasons are appointed by God and each has it's own reason for being but I really don't understand how people ever survived without air conditioning...I guess it's the old rule of "you can't miss what you don't have". I am amazed it took so long for the A/C to be invented.

As we struggle through these days of summer...a funny!

Bet you can't guess which ear of corn I feel like!

Fall is here!

Although there is something invigorating about spring...seeing the first green leaves on the trees, the first daffodils pushing through the ground, the smell of freshly turned earth...Fall is by far my favorite. It is as if God took His paintbrush and went wild!

To me, nothing compares with the riotous color of the leaves, the sharp bite of the first cold snap, the smell of wood smoke, the first frost, lawns decorated with pumpkins and chrysanthemums!



Need I say, today I am happy? It's the first day of fall!