summer's almost over

at least according to my huge sugar maple......which has had leaves dropping now since mid july.
the driveway is spangled with orange hued leaves.
i don't know why that big tree turns so early. it never used to
it would wait at least until september
maybe it's as anxious for fall as i am....... a nice long lingering fall.....crisp and invigorating
the kind of weather that makes you NEED to wear tweed sweaters and rake up multi colored leaves
then jump in the pile!
ok maybe that's just me
i love fall with a passion that borders on insanity.
i love pumpkins and october blue skys, apples, apple cider and anything else that says it's autumn
it's really an illness i think
so much so that Jack o Lanterns are around even in spring and summer at my house...(although they are ceramic or cast iron)

if we were ever to build our dream house.... believe me when i tell you, the kitchen would look the very best at harvest time.... and it would be the BIGGEST room in the house.....with an open fireplace to help preserve that whole halloween theme
NOTHING looks as good as pumpkins against the brickwork of an open colonial fireplace.....
oh be still my heart.....

ok so i am tired of the heat and the humidity and the sinus infections from hell
i still need the heat as my cucumbers are still tiny...my dill is not anywhere near enough to persuade the cucumbers to turn into dill pickles----
so summer needs to be here for a while at least..... (this summer's garden was a mess- i have to learn how to garden through the spring monsoons now)

well that's sunday for you......
bernie's home, i am lingering over coffee and the laptop
and dreaming of fall
til next time

vi