I don't know if anyone actually reads this blog even though it's posted on my Face Book page, but it's a good writing exercise none the less.
Summer has flown by, and Fall just hasn't seemed right this year...guess I was too busy enjoying all the sun shine and wasn't ready for a change.
Overnight rain and wind came which blew all the leaves down then compacted them into a mouldy, mushroomy, mossy, grass killing carpet. No wonderful walks through crackling, knee deep, yellow, gold, red and orange leaves. No dancing in leafy whirlwinds. No drives through painted landscapes. Just sogginess, fog, slugs and pureed leaves on the wheel wells of my car.
Today in the second week of November we are dealing with snow of all things! Not the exciting pretty kind you can play in, but the 'just enough to make things miserable' kind, crusty, frozen to the roads, heavy and wet. Yesterday was beautiful, but could we please get 2 or 3 consecutive day's just like it? I fear that I'll be raking that matted carpet of leaves come Christmas!
Christmas! Last year I was bursting with Yuletide eagerness and cheer, this year...not so much...yet. I think it all came early or something, I was ready for it in October, but that has fizzled since...I'm hoping the Christmas cheer returns before the Holiday does!
I sit here scratching my head, I, who lives for Autumn and Christmas, who loves storms with wind, rain and snow, am longing for summer and sunshine already.
I've tried to force myself back into the comfy, winter mood I cherish every Fall with fires in the fireplace, hot chocolate with a bit of Rumplemintz and 'The Holiday' DVD, all to no avail. Maybe a holiday boutique will do the trick...
I'll let you know!
