"Here it Comes"

Have you noticed? The trees are finally bare. I thought this was one of the most beautiful autumns ..."fallgasm"...and it seemed to last for the longest time. But now, the November winds are here blowing all the dead leaves in every direction, laying down insulation for the coming winter. I can't wait for the first snowfall; I hope it's the one where I wake up in the middle of the night to look out the window, see it quiely coming down, shrouding everything in a sparkly white frost.....and I realize it's Sunday....I can enjoy it. Cocoa and pancakes for breakfast (I know, I have to inject food into every scenario); get up early, put on all my winter gear and go out and roll around in it like I used to when I was 7....take a walk around my now unrecognizable neighborhood. Snow adds a fresh perspective just when things are getting stagnant. And as annoying as it is to move around and move through, I am grateful for that. Because I know it won't be too long before the days start to get longer, the sultry nights return and I forget how cozy I felt curled up under layers of blankets in bed on a snowy Sunday morning.