Vicarious Fall for Melissa

Fall out here seems to have sort of snuck up on me. Not the way that summer sneaks up (in a very sinister way), but just all of the sudden the leaves were BRIGHT oranges and yellows, and then the next day, they were all dead and the branches were bare. My favorite part has been driving down the tree lined freeways and having leaves blow down on my car like snow. The best part about this is that even though it is just as enchanting (in it's own fall way) as snow, the MD drivers don't seem to FREAK OUT (read: slam on breaks) they way that they would to a "light snow flurry." My jackets are happy- they don't feel lonely at all- except that most of the lighter jackets have been quickly abandoned for my winter coat. There are still a good deal of leaves on our massive tree waiting to fall- probably waiting for snow just so they can break and make a real mess. Nathaniel has been quite a champ raking all of the leaves up- though we're still trying to figure out what we need to do with them so the recycling people will pick them up like they're supposed to.... Hmm. I think I would very much enjoy still being in flip flop weather- I LOVE any excuse to wear flip flops. Maybe we should swap states, just for a week or so. ;) Then you can enjoy the smell of decomposing leaves (yuck) and stomping on crunch leaves (yay) and I'll enjoy the sunshine and t-shirt weather. Though- today we're actually having quite warm weather- always good to have a curve ball thrown in the mix. Alright. There you have it Meliss- MD fall just for you.