Saturday, September 22, 2018

And So It Begins... Welcome To Autumn, 2018

"But when fall comes, kicking summer out on it's treacherous ass as it always does one day sometime after the midpoint of September, it stays awhile like an old friend that you have missed. It settles in the way an old friend will settle into your favorite chair and take out his pipe and light it and then fill the afternoon with stories of places he has been and things he has done since he last saw you."

~Steven King
Salem's Lot

I know summer has a few more hours, but I am kicking summer out on it's treacherous ass! I've longed for autumn all year, I just want to run through big piles of leaves, and feel that sweater weather chill, and think again! But ass much as I am thankful for autumn, I have to admit I have to be thankful for the summer too, because the weather was just right for producing some early autumn leaves! That hasn't happened since we moved to the Central Valley, it was usually well into October before the trees began to really light up with reds and oranges and golds, but this year the summer seems enthusiastic to begin it's long nap, and hand things over to Fall.
  
There is a lot to get through in the next 3 months. Our vacation. Our anniversary, and of course, the midterm election. I am going to have to ease back into the politics, right now I am trying to not think too far ahead, but now that I will be posting daily, I will have a few opinions to share as we move along. I will also be getting you caught up on the photography I did this past year, and never found the energy to share. I think I did okay, and I think it will be fun to share it. So, without any additional wordiness, here is the first Leaf Of The Day, for autumn, 2018!

Photographed September 9th, 2018
Stockton, California 

~Mood: Creatively Enthusiastic
~Me