Friday, October 2, 2009

Driving in the mountains

Fall is definitely here. Yesterday it was sunny with white, fleecey clouds floating upon the sky. Now it is overcast and there is a cool drizzle. We were going to go see the Braves before the season was over. The season is over. I was looking forward to a Chicago dog and a beer. But Kate decided we would probably get wet. We can still go tomorrow or Sunday, but Georgia plays LSU at 3:00 tomorrow and I've got to meet with a client on Sunday afternoon.

Tomorrow we are going to get up early and eat breakfast and drive up into the mountains and go to a pumpkin farm and enjoy the North Georgia mountains before the game begins. It is Octoberfest in Helen and I would love a cold German beer and a wurst and some saurkraut. That would be fun. I think I would listen to the game on the radio for that experience.

Gosh! October, one of my favorite months. Cool in the morning when I walk the dog. Cool at night when I watch the light of the day fade into the west. Feel the warmth of the day fade away. Football. The beginning of hockey. The leaves turning colors. Bags of boiled peanuts. Hot chocolate. Apples. Pumpkins of varying colors and shades and stripes.

Soup for lunch. Soup for supper. Oatmeal and tea in the morning. A container of tea for the drive to the office.

Halloween and a big bonfire in the darkness of the night. Candy and chili and a trip to the Varsity. Chili dogs and frosted orange and onion rings.

I would love to drive up to Lexington and watch a football game at the new Wilson Field while the sun goes down against the Blue Ridge. Sugar maples and oaks on the hills. The moon rising above the old brick buildings. The sound of music coming from the fraternity houses on red square. Walking down the sidewalk past the R.E.Lee Episcopal Church. Looking back over my shoulder at the collonade in the moonlight. Thinking about those four years I spent there.

Sometimes I wish I'd stayed. Fall is the prime season in Lexington, Virginia. Spring is best in Griffin. The azaleas blooming. The dogwood blossoms. The warmth of the sunshine. The trees leafing out with their tender green.

Right now is good. Typing my thoughts on the computer. Kate and Cindy and me watching a movie on the Friday night. Tex yawning on the sofa. Soon, I'll climb in bed and read a bit. Morning will come before we know it and we will be driving up to the pumpkin farm. A day in the early Fall. With the girls. Fun.

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