Signs of autumn

The sun has been warm and plentiful and the nights cool and bright. Nursing Magnus in the wee hours has allowed me to gaze in wonder at falling stars (3!) and watch the changing moon. Around here I can feel the daylight hours grow shorter as we pull from the garden all that we can and wait for the right time to turn the soil over and plant garlic for next year. And thus it begins again...

Right now we are soaking it all in and still in the summer mindset, but soon we will gather around the table and move into hibernation mode for what is promised to be a wonderfully snowy winter.

But today? Today was my favorite day of Fall, a true sign change is coming... Our two giant oaks in the front lawn suddenly, finally decided to release all their leaves. It happens all at once, in a day of leaf flurries like no snowstorm I have ever witnessed. The kids race through the yard catching leaves for hours, making wishes and helping Mama rake the biggest leaf pile of all time to play in.

Yes... L O V E