Fall started last week of course. Here in the Puget Sound region we don't have the vivid fall colors on our trees. Some of the vine maples are pretty, most deciduous trees haven't started turning color yet. The days have been bright and glorious this week. Temperatures in the 70's every day. I spent most of the week indoors, teaching and programming ,but I did walk outside everyday for a few minutes.
This weekend it hit me that summer is over. Why? Because I put away the lawn furniture. We have a lot of outdoor furnishing scattered about the property. There are so many places in our yard to enjoy the view of Liberty Bay. We have huddles of chairs in some areas, benches and porch swings at other vantage points. Putting them away was sad. There won't be anywhere to sit. I was quite melancholy this morning. Bleak thoughts of rain and cold weather for the next 5 months sifted through my head.
All was not dreary though.
Taking my three year old to the pumpkin patch this afternoon helped. She ran around the corn-maze for an hour, chatting and singing. Telling me every 5 steps about something new she had discovered. The farmer and his wife are wonderful, down home folks. We chatted with them for an hour, ate fresh dark purple grapes ( the heirloom types - small, sweet and tasty) . We watched them unload their new goats from the neighbors truck.
It was a nice afternoon.