The October blue sky is here again.Next to the gold, yellow, orange and red of the leaves on the trees, the blue becomes a whole new color, rich and sparkling, across which a tiny brilliant bird flies, and I thrill to the sight.I have always loved autumn.The heat of summer is over, and now the nights are chilly, and the days are filled with warm sunlight. Quiet days, now that the droning of the air conditioners and fans have been stilled, the mowers have been put away, and the children are back in school. Nights are deeply silent too, now that the motorcycles have become too cold to race up and down the streets on after dark, and all the fireworks displays have ended for another season. Even the man next door has decided it is too chilly to set off firecrackers! Up and down the block the late afternoon sunlight is golden and filled with raking and last minute harvesting of gardens,and some planting is going on in preparation for next springs bloomings.Here an there, there might the be crackling of the burning of leaves, or an occasional hammering of someone patching the roof before the snow flies,the sizzle of a late grilling going on,and all of these sights and sounds punctuated by the "whap" of a a walnut hitting the roof or the porch,and above it all, that glorious blue sky. It's easy to appreciate the sights, sounds and smells of this kind of October day, because after all, there are so few of them left.Soon the rain, wind and cold will come,and the days will become dreary and grey, and all we will have to remind us of the seasons to come, will be that glorious jewel, the occasional, October blue sky day.
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