The coming of fall is a mixed experience for me. There are some good things and some bad things all in due time. We had very warm weather and then in two days it turned cold and we had light frosts.
I have anxiety when fall is on the way. Fall means freezing. Freezing of plants. We talk about a killing frost. That means that most plant activity is over. I worry about that first frost. I always have plants that I want another week or 10 days out of.
Once that killing frost is over , the anxiety is gone. I can now enjoy fall with all it's color and wonderful smells.
The sun is paler as it moves deeper south.
I like fall activities. I like cleaning up my yard with all the plants that need to be taken care of. Regular summer gardening activities are over.
Fall is a beautiful season with awesome color.
I liked fall on the farm. I liked harvesting , running combines and hauling grain. Harvesting took a long time as there had to be dry conditions. I liked running the tractor doing the fall field work. I also got to stay out of school for about 6 weeks.
I phoned my 83 year old brother about 10 days ago and he was out running a combine for one of his sons. I phoned him first and there was no answer. He knew I was calling but he couldn't see in the dark to press the right buttons.
