Last week was too pretty to last. Now, I fondly recall that first morning when I opened the back door to let my pound puppy out for her potty break to unexpectedly encounter just a puff of cool air, so delicate and enticing! Break out the flannel and the pumpkin spice coffee!!!
Here I am a week later, and it’s bearable on the back porch, but just barely.
For a few moments, I laid down on the outdoor sofa and closed my eyes. The gentle breeze shifting through the neighbor’s enormous crepe myrtle blew dried leaves over the fence into my yard, a sound that is eerily similar to someone moving about, examining bugs beneath drying leaves perhaps? It was so convincing a sound that I sat up and blinked into the light a couple of times, just to make sure I was still alone.
My daughter announced yesterday that the highs at the end of this week are forecasted to be in the mid 90s. Welcome to the South, y’all!
Don’t worry; fall will be back soon. However, as I always warned my Canadian ballerina babysitters back in the day when I had small kiddos, don’t put away your summer clothes yet! If you’re dressing up for Halloween this year, be sure to have a cold option as well as a sweat option.
At least it’s always been jacket weather in Mississippi by the time Christmas rolls around; in Houston, my hometown, I remember hanging out at family gatherings to celebrate Thanksgiving or Christmas on a front porch to catch a breeze even though everyone’s dressed in summer garb. I may miss the Papas restaurants in Texas, but I don’t miss that!
I thank God for the changing of the seasons and for that little nip of fall that comes early to give us hope for cooler weather! He’s not forgotten us!
