Here in the land of endless sun and no snow… we are experiencing the change of season… A week ago it was hot, very hot, three digit hot… not any more… Yesterday it gradually clouded up… It’s raining… It’s a soft rain, a warm rain… in the language of the Navajo it would be a female rain, a gentle nurturing rain, but it is rain, and we don’t do rain well.
It is harvest time… We had our Harvest Festival at Ardenwood Historic Farm last weekend… this weekend is Pumpkin Festival in Half Moon bay. Next weekend we do the Candle Light House tours at Patterson House… Halloween follows soon after, with the many children in search of candy. Elsewhere people, some family, are celebrating Oktoberfest… It is a time of celebrations and ceremonies to mark the change of weather.
Here in the land of no snow the leaves have only threatened to change color… most are still green… still healthy… still growing… I am hearing reports that elsewhere, in the Rockies, in the High Sierras, the Cotton Woods, the Aspen are now bright yellow… but so far not here yet.
It is a time of sports… Baseball’s season is ending… our Giants are in the playoffs… We are up one game in the National League Pennant race… the second game is this afternoon… Go Giants!
It is a time of pumpkins, corn stocks, and an all too fast descent into Thanksgiving and Christmas… Christmas is already for sale at the local chain hardware store… pushing Halloween out prematurely, at 30% off…
Oh, yes, Go Giants!
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