New Season, New Outlook?

New Season, New Outlook?

Photo by Missy Day Albrecht

Today is the first day of fall! Can you believe that summer has officially passed and now we are into the dwindling down of the year? Just so you know (and I’m sure you already do) Christmas is only three months and two days away.  But,  this  is  a brand-new  season,  and  the  outlook  is  good.  We  had  rain  last  night.

Last night, my Minnesota brother and I were talking about fall and trying to compose poetry. I don’t think our efforts will win any prizes: If the first day of fall is cold, winter will be bold. We liked the second try better: If the first day of fall is warm, winter will do no harm. In his part of Minnesota, leaves are starting to turn beautiful colors. When the colored leaves are among the white-trunked birches, tall pines, and are backed by a beautiful, clear lake, they are spectacular.

In honor of fall, yesterday’s Sunday lunch consisted of white chili (one of my family’s favorites) cornbread, salad, butter cookies and chocolate chip cookies. All topped off with iced tea.

Flowers are starting to wind down, but my sweet potato vine has one small, perfect bloom.  Today, I  plan  to  freeze  some  of  that  lovely  okra  from  Richard  and  Linda’s  garden.  It’ll  be  yummy  this  winter.  Another  season  is  just  around  the  corner.

 

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