Monday was the autumnal equinox.  From this point forward we lose 3 minutes of sunlight every day.

There is only one way I can combat the urge to pitch it all and move to the equator.  I decorate for fall.  Now is the time to transition from impatiens to pansies.  It’s not too early to buy a pumpkin.  Last weekend I made a spontaneous purchase of a mum at Trader Joe’s because it looked more like summer daisies than that dreaded representation of Fall. 

Macintosh apples.  Concord grapes.  The riot of color on the trees.  Warm days and cool nights.  Well, I guess I can deal, as long as I don’t think about Old Man Winter lurking in the corner…