October Has Arrived, Autumn Is Officially Here

Welcome to October. The year is slipping away, faster than we would have believed in January, slower than we think when we are facing the month/year/lifetime. It's rather amazing how those many days of life condense into shards of memories that mingle in a soup, rising to the surface for recognition every now and again, before sinking back into the broth once again. It's a "Day Off" for me, and as usual, I have a bunch of stuff that needs doing - primarily three or more loads of laundry, but also a bit of cleaning here and there, and some framing. I won't be bored today. 

October is one of my favorite months, even though it's a lot 
of work raking up our leaves, and we might get an early 
snowstorm or two. The colors of autumn are my favorite 
colors, so the entire world celebrates the end of summer 
and beginning of winter alongside all of us. 

Right now, however, I'm comfortable, dressed in my skinsuit for the pool, and ready to put the trash can out onto the curb as I leave. I'll check the yard waste bucket when I get back home - I need a bit more light for that one. I suspect I'll have something worth putting out - DH was planting daffodils yesterday afternoon. But there's no guarantee that I'll have a bucket's worth of yard waste worth putting out for pick-up. 

October brings the harvest time - lots of vegetables, the 
last of the summer stone fruits, and pumpkins! Lots of 
pumpkins. I love the colors of autumn more than any 
other season. They suit me - those russets, oranges, and 
splashes of yellow. 

It's October, however. This is the month when the leaves that started to turn in September, fully go colorful, and then fall. By the end of the month we will have raked several times and perhaps taken at least one trip out to the recycling location to drop off a load or two of leaves. It's a fact - when you own a house, there's never really an "off" month - a month when you can just sit back, enjoy your yard and garden and not have to water, weed, harvest, mow, and/or rake. Still, Autumn is one of my favorite seasons. Mother Nature paints our world with extraordinary colors and those splashes of yellow, orange, and fire red will keep me warm throughout the winter whites and greys until I return to the promise of springtime's gentle greens. 

The colors of Autumn are my favorite colors, so it 
becomes one of my favorite seasons (except for raking 
all of our MANY leaves every year - that's a chore!). 

Today is a normal Wednesday. I have a couple of bills to pay and my first load of laundry for the day is already in the washer, I'll do a bit of grocery shopping, a bit of housecleaning, and a bit of this and that. I hope you have a simply lovely day and I'll be back tomorrow. Slava Ukraini.