What happened to fall?
It’s 90 degrees today. Today. 90 degrees. It’s October 8th and it’s 90 degrees. What happened to fall? It was here a few weeks ago - we dug out all the fall and winter clothes. And now it’s warm again– no it’s hot (did I mention it’s 90 degrees today?) and now we have a wealth of clothing lying about. Too many to fill the drawers but if we put the cool clothes away it will surely stay warm and if we put the warm clothes away it will surely become cold. What to do? I am tempted to grumble but I will instead try to smile and simply be thankful that we have such a plethora of clothes to wear and then I will accept that they will be all over the place until the weather decides to change and stay changed.
The hardest part isn’t the clothes though, the hardest part is that because it’s so dry (we desperately need rain) the leaves are going straight from green to brown. No beautiful yellows, oranges or reds . . just brown. How sad. But we are not abandoned. As it happens we have our beautiful Our Lady of Guadalupe rosebush to bring us color - and how!. That’s a picture I took yesterday of one of the buds. They are just heavenly! The children will be making rose petal bead chaplets this week at art class and they require fresh rose petals of which we have plenty. How lovely to know they will be making their beads from roses named for Our Lady! It seems very fitting doesn’t it?
Here’s a few pictures of my little rose bud. She had her major feast day on Friday — St. Maria Faustina. She celebrated with a few animals crackers - which she certainly enjoyed. Her latest thing is to say “hi” and wave hello - she especially does this for Daddy of whom she has grown particularly fond (after me of course!).
She’s such a sweetheart and we are all marveling at how fast she has grown. She’s been with me every day of her life and yet I cannot help but wonder how she got to be nearly a year old so quickly. The older I get the faster time flies.
Wait, did I just say I was old? That came out wrong. . .
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Oct 8, 2007 - 09:10:17My feelings exactly! The clothes, the 90 degrees, the stuffed drawers, the smiling and not complaining… all of it.
I am with you Michele, it is very hot here as well. I want fall back!!!!
Molly
It is COLD here, and the weathermen all say it is headed your way! Break out the hot chocolate!
WOW!! It’s quite a bit warmer here today to, but 90, yikes!! Praying for a cool and refreshing breeze
Yeah, that was yesterday. Today is warmer still - the temp gauge on my van said 96 when I ran out to the store. It’s the never ending summer!
What happened to fall? I too miss the crisp weather and the changing leaves. We slept with the A/C on last night. Seems to be cooling down now today on Long Island but I’ve been fooled before!!! ;o)
Maria is just beautiful and I always love the look of contentment on your face.
Can’t wait to meet you in August.
P.S. I tagged you with a meme if you have any interest!!!
The weather here finally cooled down a bit today, probably due to the rain. I have been in KY for the last month and was NOT expecting to come home to hot weather. I’m happy though, I don’t like the cold anymore. And I haven’t had time to go hunt down my winter clothes yet, so it needs to be warm for a few more days! Maybe rather than trying to sort through the maze that is my attic, I will just make a couple of new warm skirts.
That is a lovely picture of you and your darling baby! And enjoy the warmth if you still have any today…. I woke up this morning to 42 degrees on the thermometer. Waaaaaaa! I miss summer!!! (And I usually LOVE the chilly fall weather.)
It’s definitely autumn here in Colorado, but yesterday was a little warmer than it has been. I hung the laundry out to dry and played outside with the kids for a while. On Monday we took a drive through the mountains to look at the aspen leaves, but most of the color was gone already. It was still a lot of fun, and we stopped and had a picnic lunch on the back of Pikes Peak.
I’m with you on the clothes thing. I have 10 children too, we live in a small house with only 2 closets! The season’s changing is always a challenge! I like your attitude, just smile and wait until the weather makes up it’s mind!
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God Bless
Steph in CT
Those two in that last photo are just tooooooo beautiful.
I miss them.
Maria is so beautiful! Happy feast day, little one! ( a little late!)