I come alive when the weather cools and that 'fall' feeling is in the air. It's just the way my body and mind works. I'd love to be as enthusiastic in all seasons of the year, but instead fall is the time when I naturally enjoy feathering my nest, giving dinner parties, and hosting family and friends during the holidays. I made a pot of stew last weekend and had friends in for dinner to enjoy it with me on Monday evening. It isn't quite stew time here and the butcher had to cut stew meat just for me. Our real Fall weather lasts briefly but when school starts, granddaughter is cheer leading for her school's varsity football team, grandson's first flag football is played, pumpkins are everywhere...it's FALL.
My neighborhood helps me get through summer pleasantly enough. Farmer's Market is just across the street from the first Tuesday of May to the last Tuesday of September. Hot Italian, a restaurant about 1/2 block away, provides music in the park at noon every Thursday. Friends of the Park sets up a big screen and shows a family-type movie on an occasional Friday night. Summer officially ends for me with the 3 day, Chalk It Up festival in the park over the Labor Day weekend. The weather doesn't usually cooperate with my need for fall, but I don't let that stop me. This year there were still several days of triple degree weather after Labor Day, but still it was time to cover my dining table with a quilt, bring out more magazines, books and objects than I like to use in the heat of summer; just adding 'cozy'.
My neighborhood helps me get through summer pleasantly enough. Farmer's Market is just across the street from the first Tuesday of May to the last Tuesday of September. Hot Italian, a restaurant about 1/2 block away, provides music in the park at noon every Thursday. Friends of the Park sets up a big screen and shows a family-type movie on an occasional Friday night. Summer officially ends for me with the 3 day, Chalk It Up festival in the park over the Labor Day weekend. The weather doesn't usually cooperate with my need for fall, but I don't let that stop me. This year there were still several days of triple degree weather after Labor Day, but still it was time to cover my dining table with a quilt, bring out more magazines, books and objects than I like to use in the heat of summer; just adding 'cozy'.
