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So, here it is October first and time again to ask the question, "Where did the summer go?"
Got me!
Seems I was just rolling into it, preparing to enjoy and evening on the porch, a picnic lunch, a canoe ride and maybe even a little fishing. Almost none of that happened and what did was in terribly small amount.
I woke this morning with the realization that today marked what I consider to be the official start of autumn. That day in September when fall begins according to the calendar is merely a date, everything that follows a warm up for the fall season. October first, though, that means business.
I have a little fun driving a tractor that pulls a hay wagon up to an orchard. This Sunday I expect it to be busy for a lot of people share my opinion, I think, that October first is really the start of autumn; time to think of apples and pumpkins and scary ghost stories. Autumn is here, enjoy it or, like the summer before it, it'll be gone before you know it.