Today is the first day of fall. The weather was a mix of sun and cloud, with a light sprinkle here and there. It was mild in the afternoon and a bit chilly in the morning. All in all an average sort of early fall day.
Most trees have already changed color, the Halloween candy is on store shelves (three weeks before Thanksgiving, which is actually pretty normal now), the sun sets early enough that a post-dinner walk must be done without delay to avoid being caught out in the dark where bats will automatically dive at your head and become tangled in your hair. It’s totally true. I avoid this by wearing a hat. And not having hair.
I am sad that summer is over, even though the first half was stupidly hot and the second half featured a major leg injury that made there mere act of walking painful. Barring some weird climate change burst–which I wouldn’t necessarily rule out–we won’t see a 20+ degree day again for seven months. It will become cold and wet like a dog’s nose, except all over instead of just on a dog’s nose.
On the plus side I may increase my writing output as the urge to go outside and do stuff in dog nose weather fades, and that pesky glare from the sun won’t be quite as pesky for awhile.
