Fall is one of my favorite seasons. The invigorating cool, crisp evenings, leaves blowing in the wind. Leaves turning red, orange and gold. It is the birthday of two of my grandchildren. A time of travel to share in their parties. Another trip to New England for me. Maybe a couple of trips this there in the next few months. Definitely Thanksgiving, too.
August is also a time to be thankful for another wonderful summer. Planting gardens, watering flowers, getting grass to grow in parched areas. Getting much needed work done around my mountain home. Fresh, wooden lattice skirting under the porches and a new small deck and steps.
It is mosquito and chigger time and my skin sure feels it. I am glad to have a few herbal remedies to remedy itching skin. Then there are the parade of annual mums we have come to love. I don't plant them like I used to. They require daily watering. I like an easy, slow fall. A time to remember. To be. I also like scouring the mountains for interesting flowers and changes in the leaves. But more than that, I love finding lavender-colored asters. They are always my first signal of that season.
It won't be long now.
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