whoever invented fall...they got it right!

seriously, it is an assault on my senses.


in the past week i have smelled the smoke from a 
fire in the canyon, something apple-y baking,
cinnamon mixed with pumpkin, both in candles and food
and warm bread smells in the air.


i have seen sunflowers bowing along the roads,
leaves changing from greens to reds and golds
and oranges on the mountains, and the air has picked up
that "autumn haze" as the afternoons get shorter.


i have felt a chill in the air in both mornings 
and evenings, that dissipates with the heat of each new
day.  i have had a cool breeze blow on my face
at night through open windows.


i have heard children's laughter and squeals as
they delight in outdoor play that is neither too
hot nor too cold.  i have watched pig tailed
and pony tailed 8 year olds chase after soccer
balls on cool fall evenings.  i have heard the 
teeniest and tiniest of football players chanting 
and running at practice, "we are the titans, the
mighty mighty titans!" (seriously the cutest thing 
i think i have EVER seen! they played in helmets, no pads!)


whoever invented fall....man oh man HE rocked it!


(or is it WHOMever?)  either way...


i live and breathe and die for this, my favorite of
ALL the seasons.