Sultry often with the humidity dripping from the brow, but yet a time of slowing down one's pace in order to enjoy the beauty. It is time for a break on the front porch sipping old time lemonade. It is time of excitement for the children who have been freed from the confines of school for a season. The swimming pools and creeks resound with the gleeful echoes of boys and girls splashing and playing. It is a time to stroll outside in the evening breezes and observe the starry skies overhead.
Autumn is a time of awe.
It is God's world preparing the cold months ahead and doing it in style. The landscape is suddenly ablaze with brilliant reds, greens, yellows and bronzes. The glory of the sugar maple dominates the color pallet. The crunch of fallen leaves echoes under foot, the neighbors raking the leaves from the lawns, the crispness in the air that is invigorating. School busses rattle down the street with those carefree children looking longingly from its windows as they head back for more schooling.