I hope your Labor Day weekend was…. free of labor… including childbirth.   I had a great few days… filled with family, friends, food, and folly. Fabulous.

One of the best things that occurred was the rain. Yes, here in this little corner of Ohio, we got some much needed rain. I think I helped with this.  Here, I kid you not.

I did my Rain Dance on Friday, and Saturday. For a long time. On both days. I think I threw my back out as a result.  But that is another story. I’m just not as young as I used to be, and the part of the Rain Dance…. where I have to do the eight back flips in a row…seems to be getting increasingly more difficult for me. So, at any rate….yes, the Rain Dance may have helped bring the rain.   I nailed the back flips after all.

But wait. There’s more.

I also left my car windows down on Saturday night. All four. All night long. Now while this caused the interior of my car to get quite saturated, I felt it was a necessary step in helping bring the clouds this way.

The carpet is still pretty wet. But I took advantage of this situation. I shampooed the interior since it was already quite soaked. It looks almost brand new…. but soggy.  I think I will leave the car windows down again, later on in the week.  We could use some more rain.  And, I need to rinse all the soap out of the carpet.

Then, of course, the other big nudge from Mother Nature over the weekend…. was the drop in the temperature.  Coolish. Crispy. Chiller.  I kind of think this means that Fall is right around the corner.

Autumn doesn’t officially begin until September 23rd this year. But it felt like it was here today.

Do you think they called “Autumn”….. “Fall”….. because the temperature falls, or because the leaves fall… or because people will soon be falling on the ice?

Whatever the case, the colors begin to get crazy now. The trees all get together and put on a show for free. I like this.

Nonetheless,  if I were a tree, I would keep my leaves.  Standing out there in the snow and bitterly cold temperatures, in just your bare limbs…. whew. I bet some or them freeze their nuts and berries off.

You know……most birds don’t like the cold weather.  They migrate south to warmer digs.   If that is how they think…. I am a definite bird brain.

… and one more thing…….

…..only 111 days left until Christmas.  Ho. Ho. Ho.