Fork & Knife: Hot Foot Day

Hot Foot Day

Generally in the late summer/early fall there comes a day where I feel like my feet are on fire; when that happens, I know the heat is finally over and fall is come. I think I missed it this year because of my mostly indoor work life. I could smell the change a week or so ago but couldn't be sure. Last night settled it for sure. Low 50's and highs in the upper 70's today.

Ebb & flow. Glad of the chance to start over in the garden. Lots of fall crops getting planted, earth under my nails, feet dirty. The evidence of firefly nuptials glowing pale emeralds in the grass as I walk the dogs in the evening. Horseflies! Goldenrod living up to its name and all the wild sunflower clan bursting gloriously yellow. Diogenes, our Great Pyrenees, rambunctious and ecstatic at the moderation of temperatures. Soon, colorful leaves and snow.

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