It's July 14, 2003.. and already Fall is in the air around here. The Circada's (Katy-Dids) have been chirring for over a week. The leaves on my Eisenhower trees are turning red. My Dogwood already has berries formed and they're fixing to turn red. My Japanese Peach trees (which turn opposite of others - in spring they're a rich deep purple, in fall they turn green) are already mostly green leafed.
Wasps are flying low to the ground.. and i finally remembered what that's supposed to mean. They're nesting low - meaning a bad winter.. they'll go below ground. To go above high, means they'd freeze. I'm pretty sure that's what Mamaw used to say..
I've not yet seen any birds flocked and headin' south, but I fully expect to every time I look into the sky.
Part of me wishes we could slow this down, start all over again from May and redo the summer. The other part of me is sort of looking forward to fall.. pumpkins, apple picking (I WILL TAKE THE BABIES THIS YEAR!), cool dark clouds, falling leaves, icy rain, candy apples, the festival, thanksgiving, christmas, then we can skip the rest of the winter and just jump right back into May! *laughs*
Okay, okay, I'll not rush what's left off.. we're still enjoying the summer, the pool, tho I have to confess, the water's still icy to me - it hasn't had a chance to get really warm from the sun yet this year.. *laughs* we've not had that much sun.
Posted by juel at July 14, 2003 12:34 AM