Autumn

Autumn arrived yesterday. Oh sure, September 21st is the official debut, but she's here all the same. There's just something in the air, in the bones, that changes. The air gets a touch crisper, a touch cooler. The sun goes all mellow and the colour of the sky pales just a bit. The trees get that slight touch of yellow in the leaves. Summer is clinging to her throne, but Autumn is already making her presence felt in the wings.

I, for one, am happy. I'm an Autumn girl. Summer is too hot and vivacious for my taste. Summer is all bikinis and barbecues and acres of sand. Autumn is wool and tweed, school supplies, canning and baking. It just makes me want to curl up with a good book and a cup of hot chocolate under a tree full of copper coloured leaves.

So, summer can have her final hurrah. In the meantime, I'll occupy myself with knitting patterns, wandering aisles of school supplies (maybe buying funky pens for nostalgia's sake and a journal to write in), baking muffins when the mornings are cool enough for it, and slowly watching the leaves turn from green to gold to crimson.