It's FALL!!!

Just a little post of rejoicing! Today, our outdoor thermometer has gone no higher than 75 degrees!!! After a long, hot Southern California summer, this is the week that puts everyone local in a goooooood mood.

Now, I am not so foolish to think that warm temperatures won't return. After all, it's only September. I do have to deal with the realities of where I live.

BUT, I will enjoy the cooler weather and partial clouds as much as possible while we have them. It is such a nice break! I get so impatient at the end of every season- anticipating whatever comes next, just for a change of pace. I become ridiculously optimistic about the next season and romanticize each climate change and holiday to come. So this weather change came at just the right time. For once, the weather changed here to match the retail campaigns that take us into the next four months. How rare. Normally we are wearing shorts while strolling through the aisles full of pumpkins and leaf garlands.

But thanks to this temperature dip, I have an irrational urge to spread colored leaves and pumpkins everywhere in sight. It makes me want to bake something involving apples and cook dinner in the oven (since I don't have to think about that making the house too warm). Addie and I are celebrating today by wearing PANTS instead of SHORTS. It's our own little way to say hooray.

Just wanted to share with all of you what made my day today.