Rene: We already have that little nip in the air foretelling of fall. Fall was always harvest time of anything we grew in the garden which, when I was small, made up a subtandial part of our food supply for the family. Now I keep a few pots of strawberries, some blueberry bushes, raspberries and, yum, wild blackberries. The apple trees at my neighbors are getting ripe and the deer and bears come down from the mountain to pick them. We have an agreement, you don't touch my garden (surrounded by a very high fence) and I won't get any apples. I love fall, in my brokerage, it's like another big push in marketing coming up.

I love this time of year, too, and "back to school" time does feel like a new beginning, very nostalgic. In addition to having two school age kids, I teach part time so I still look at the start of the school year as the start of the year. Happy fall to you!

Gretchen

Rene' - This is a wonderfully written piece, with so much truth about reflection about the seasons.  I find the more I shuffle through life, the clearer the reflection, and appreciation of the changing color of leaves.  Our days really are a calendar existing on the tree of life!  I hope you are having a wonderful holiday weekend!

Rene...

Great memories. You have such a gift for writing and as you know, you and I share a fondness for the past and the way thing were!

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Rene, I love the late August-September coolness in the air that is the forerunner of fall. Fall is my favorite time of the year. I love the colors and changes that take place. And of course football!

Such vivid memories of childhood....I've found now that I have young children in school, I too find myself missing those summer days when morning routines were easier and less hurried, boys baseball games and my girls gymnastics classes. Great summer memories 

Back to school sales shout and the school bell can ring, I can even get stuck behind a slowly moving bus on the way to work but nothing says fall to me until I feel the crisp cool air, the leaves start to turn, and then one evening we start the first fire of the season in our fireplace.  Then it is truly autumn.

Rene, how beautifully expressed!  Sometimes I wish life was like that again, simple, uncomplicated and fun!!  We didn't have cell phones or computers, we played in the street and had a blast.  Thanks for the nostalgic nod!!  I love fall too, it is a treat after the long hot humid summer.  Thank you for sharing!

Rene, Your post takes me back to a simpler time when a little black composition book and a new box of crayons brought a year of new possibilities.  I find myself walking down the school supplies shelves even though I no longer have young children to buy for.  Thanks for the nostalgia.