"Sumer is a'coomin in"....so goes an extremely old song. Think...midievil times. That old. But I've edited the song to fit my present mood. I'll change into a long, swishy, gown, I'll let down my hair, and if I had any inkling how to play some little twangy intrument, I'd stand outside and warble: "SUMER IS A'GOING OUT!" ;) I'm kidding! But I am truly excited about the change of seasons. This summer has fried us. Or steamed us. I can't decide which. Maybe both equally! :P It has been a good summer nevertheless, but give me Autumn any time! :) Daniel agrees. You can't deny that that picture up there thrills you to the very core, and involuntarily turns your mind to apple cider! :) There is just something about the fall that makes me feel alive! I can already see the change out of doors. The light has changed to be more clear and almost liquid. It is fast loosing Summer's heavy golden look. The landscape across the field is beginning to show just the faintest hints of it's Autumn garb. The breezes are cooler, and more playful. The other day I actually saw a brilliant patch of goldenrod! Any day now I am expecting to feel my Gypsy Wind! Yes, I have named a particular wind. Don't laugh at me! :) It is a certain wind, during the late part of summer, about through October, and it makes you feel that summer is truly over. Haven't you felt it? It's that sort of grown-up-breeze that cavorts by and makes you glance up and notice a crimson-painted tree, or the deep azure of the sky, and makes you think of firesides, and shawls, and the Blue Ridge Mountains. This particular wind also makes me want to go "A-gypsy-ing" which merely means, a sort of restless feeling that makes you want to ramble through field and forest, or go traveling, or do anything except stay inside and do ordinary things! :) Please tell me you know what I'm talking about! Sarah just smiles at me! But she is just as eager as I for the fall and all it brings! :) Do try to see if you have a Gypsy Wind anywhere about your home! I can't imagine that it would merely be a breeze peculiar to our land, for I've felt it at all three of the homes I've ever lived in! Be on the look-out for my Gypsy Wind this fall, and let me know if you've felt it! :) It is one of the biggest blessings of the end-of-summer! I like that verse in Psalms: "Fire and hail, snow, and cloud, stormy winds fulfilling His word.." and I often think of the Gypsy Wind in that way. It seems like a bit of a promise of God to remind me of the beautiful, riotous, Autumn coming. Try to notice it! We have become so focused indoors, (most of us) that we never stop to notice the transitions between seasons. They are nearly as important to me as the real seasons themselves. Like anticipating some special event! I don't know. Maybe I'm just strange that way! Hope not!-Rachel
