The Autumn appeared early this year, sneaking in little tendrils of fog and chill even while it still said August on the calendar. September blazed into being decked in red-tipped leaves and a confetti of oak leaves and turned up the heat for the final dance of summer, and now hungover, ambles bleary-eyed through the…
The Autumn appeared early this year, sneaking in little tendrils of fog and chill even while it still said August on the calendar. September blazed into being decked in red-tipped leaves and a confetti of oak leaves and turned up the heat for the final dance of summer, and now hungover, ambles bleary-eyed through the days. Equinox is coming, the nights will be longer, the cold will be a constant presence, and I will look back on this moment as a temperate paradise of bare feet and bare arms.
This summer brought many things – family visits with my mother and grandmothers. Both of my grandmothers are in a state of decline and it is difficult but important to see them when I can and spend time with them. I weep for them already as these two pillars of my childhood become shaky and slow, their sharp minds grow soft and forgetful, their bodies betray them as they settle into stasis. I’ll probably be writing about them soon, and their influences on my life.
The approach of fall always leaves me reeling with waves of nostalgia and bittersweet pangs – t’is the season, I suppose!
At least there’s always baking, jam-making, brewing, and other homestead kitchen activities to keep me moving and busy and not whiling all of my time away in melodrama and coffee!
It isn’t all grim though, just a poignant shift of seasons. What are you up to in this cusp of the change? How are you approaching these cold times coming our way?
How I spent my birthday…sunrise over the ocean in Virginia. <3
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Lovely post! I also try to keep myself moving during the autumn! It is the perfect season! I feel pretty energetic. Thank you for sharing! Greets!