Fall Cleanup

There’s something gratifying about feeling that one has cleaned up in preparation for winter despite the aches and pains of shoulders, shins and other body parts one generally isn’t aware of owning.  There’s also something a little sad about saying goodbye to green leaves, cutting lawns and weeding out colourful flower beds.

       Then there is the sense of renewal, new beginnings which hale back from school days.  It’s time to pull out the exercise and weight loss programs, pull out Continuing Education pamphlets and pour over possibilities.  While September is a putting to bed of summer time fun and games it is also a time of regeneration.  September brings out the social aspect of life in a big way that ramps up to the finale of New Year’s Eve.  Let’s not think beyond that because that distant time can be a little grim.

       I’m looking at my critters and wondering if they feel the change in the coming season?  It seems to me they are more eager to come in at the end of the day than at the height of the summer.  I also notice that the smaller birds seem to be more busy in the trees as it becomes cooler.  I think they know “make hay while the sun shines”.

       And that’s what I’m doing too!