it's coming...

...don't let it fool you.
even though summer temperatures are holding on with a vengeance this year during the day, the nights are getting cooler.
The air has changed.







If you don't believe me, look out your window and you can see it. You can feel it.







The light is different.
It is now infused with amber, dripping with honey. gone are the glaring blue skies of summertime, that beckoned us to the pool.
It has been replaced with a hazy subdued sky, opaque, more gentle somehow.







There is no season I love more than Autumn.
(except for maybe spring.)







But glorious autumn with its crackling, crisp leaves crunching under my feet.
The scents of pumpkin spice and apples, baking, the aromas holding hands, mingling and mixing, blending and combining, together, in my kitchen.
The smell of fires burning leaves, or keeping us warm on a chilly night.







The frosty breath of nighttime left on the window panes, hinting of cooler days ahead.
Cheering for "the team" and football lights on Friday nights.
The looming promise of Halloween, and dressing up, and then, being Thankful.
Filling our plates to over-flowing, our hearts brimming at the blessings we enjoy.







Cooler mornings, sweatshirt evenings.
The muted hues of leaves and grass and flowers, mixed together with shocking, unexpected oranges, reds, and yellows begging to be photographed, or plucked from the earth to brighten my kitchen.







It's coming, and I, for one, am glad.