My favorite time of the year is just around the corner and I welcome it with open arms! I've had enough of the heat and humidity of Summer. I literally melt when I step outside and my hair goes limp as a wet dishrag, instantly undoing an hours' worth of curling and styling. There isn't a hairspray on the planet that holds up against southern humidity!
Now that the weather is changing into Fall, the sun doesn't blind us awake at such ungodly hours of the mornings, and it goes down an hour earlier at night. It's cool enough in the evenings to sleep with the windows open and the crickets, cicadas and tree frogs lull us to sleep with their constant songs.
In the mornings, it's cool and crisp and the dew coats the grass and sparkles on all the spider webs that stretch along the board fencing lining the pastures. They look like intricate works of lacy art, shining with diamonds. As much as I hate spiders, I have to admire their talent when I see how hard they've worked to weave these beautiful webs.
The pears and persimmons are already falling out of the trees and the deer are coming into the yard at night to munch on them. I imagine they make a tasty midnight snack. Pretty soon it will be time for pumpkins and scarecrows and weekend bonfires. The leaves will be turning soon and swirling through the air to carpet the ground with colors of red, orange and bright yellow. I can't wait!
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