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First off happy fall season to everyone.

In my mind I have already posted a few entries here. And when I came to check on this blog, I'm even surprised that the "entries" weren't here. LOL. I am definitely losing my mind.

On Saturday, the last full day of summer, we tackled the job of cleaning out the garage and getting rid of stuff that we don't need. We only managed to one side of the garage, the left side due to the fact that we stayed in bed until nearly 12 noon. It was a rainy day, bed weather, so we stayed and watch some cooking shows on tv.

I found 2 boxes that contained the cards and letters that I received over the years. In the past I have been saving all of them for the time when I can figure out what to do with them. However, we barely have room to move in the garage, let alone use it for what it is as a carport.

My mind may have been clouded by the dust I've been inhaling, the cobwebs in my hair and whatever smells that are mixed in there - Emma and Buster pee there for instance, just to be naughty.

Anyway, I dumped all these mementos in the garbage bin. As I was doing that I was having second thoughts, but I knew that had I kept them I wouldn't find time to read them again or for that matter figure out a way to keep, use, or store them. They would be gathering dust.

Because I was keen on getting one side of the garage organized (we have more elbow room now) I didn't read the letters and cards, I just dumped them.

A couple of days later I still think about those letters and cards. I may have been rash in throwing them out. Or was I?

I don't know, for now I know how my heart feels. It feels like it had made a boo-boo.

Are You Ready For Fall?

Three more days and we're officially in Fall Season. Well, when kids returned to the classrooms and the freeways got jammed again, it felt like Fall Season, but our weather here has been more summer like, very typical of our Indian summer.

Anyway, I'm trying to digest this fact. I'm not ready yet. All summer long I have been telling myself to pull out the box in the garage where the fall (halloween and thanksgiving) decorations are stored so that I can decorate on time.

But it's only three days and I haven't located the box yet. I know I am disorganized like crazy.

But I am ready for fall.

With Fall, comes cooler weather, boots, jackets, sweaters, scarves. Hot chocolate drink before bedtime. Soothing jasmine tea. Piping hot coffee.

Likewise, my fall shows are coming back. Person of Interest, Revenge, Once Upon a Time, The Good Wife, Castle, Haven, Big Bang Theory.

I'm also very ready to move on from summer. Summer has been a heartbreaker for me and I'd like very much to just leave all the aches and pains of summer with summer.

What are you looking forward to this fall?

Flowers of Spring

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“We say that flowers return every spring, but that is a lie. It is true that the world is renewed. It is also true that that renewal comes at a price, for even if the flower grows from an ancient vine, the flowers of spring are themselves new to the world, untried and untested.

The flower that wilted last year is gone. Petals once fallen are fallen forever. Flowers do not return in the spring, rather they are replaced. It is in this difference between returned and replaced that the price of renewal is paid.

And as it is for spring flowers, so it is for us.”
― Daniel Abraham, The Price of Spring

Spring

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It's official, we are in springtime mode. I love spring. It's an outdoor season. You have to be outside to enjoy it. All the trees are blooming. The rapeseed are blanketing the ground. The bulbs are all on display - the tulips, hyacinths, etc.

I must take advantage of the start of this season. I have noticed that my camera was in hiatus lately. It only went out shooting once the entire winter.

Hope springs eternal they say. And spring is the season of hope. The season where we begin anew, fresh start.

This spring I'm looking forward to a little quick get-away for our anniversary. I am hoping for a little walk with the giants (redwoods) but I"m not sure what we'll do. The past couple of years we've done the beach (Monterey) although both times it was still too cold to linger even on the beach. I'd like a little nature walk under the trees, but I'm not sure.

Nothing else is in the books for spring. We are anticipating a long-awaited visit to relatives abroad in the summer time, but that too is not set in stone. One thing that is booked is our cruise in November. Plenty of time to acrrue more vacation time to use for that right?

Enjoy spring. Enjoy the flowers. Take antihistamine so you can for those who have allergies :). Just kidding.

Daylight Savings Time

IMG_0091, originally uploaded by M'roy.

We just sprang forward today, which means we lost an hour of sleep that we will recover in the fall.

We missed church because of the change in time, not a good excuse, but we missed church just the same.

I look forward to more beautiful flowers and gardens. Hope to go to Golden Gate Park this spring to photograph the flowers.

What are you looking forward to this spring?