Oh, it is a long time from May to December

To borrow some of the words of Frank Sinatra’s song

For it's a long, long while from May to December
But the days grow short when you reach September
And the autumn weather turns the leaves to flame
Frank Sinatra - September Song Lyrics | MetroLyrics

With the frost of Saturday morning .. the leaves are either going to be colored or withered and black.  Withered black if it is your garden..   colors if it is the trees and bushes.

I had to break down and wear pants on Saturday when I got up.. I had been hanging on to summer with shorts each day. I might have wore a jacket or sweater but by job I had shorts on.  But have to admit.. it is getting to the time of getting winter closes out and putting away the shorts and t tops.

Dang, just when I was really enjoy it all.. finally it wasn’t cooking us.. it was 80’s and sunshine.. but then SMOKE came into all of us Northwestern states, and there was not much sun.. and it was red… angry red.. with the smoke. And you couldn’t hardly see across the road.. never mind the mountain view we usually have out our living room window.

But Fall is here.. even if it has 3 more days to be official.  It meant over the weekend, the air conditions came out and found their winter spot in the garage..   Yard art is packed away in totes…  just waiting on the boat.. As we have to have that in the shed before we can pack other things like table and chairs around it for winter.

Ah, September, you are so beautiful.. but I know you are just the beginning of a long winter..