It is a sad, sad day.

I knew it was coming.  I tried my best to ignore it but knew reality would hit me smack in the face soon.

Fall is here!

Yeah, yeah, I know I am a little late in noticing that.  One would think the brown leaves and cool weather might have been a dead give away.  But, really, I was working hard to ignore those things and focus on the little of what was left of summer.

I basked in the glory of the warm afternoons.  And enjoyed the flowers that still sat perky in my yard.  And put on shorts in the hopes that the heat would come back.  But it happened......

the 1st frost.  And with Jack came the end.  The grand finale.  And if today is any example, there will be no encore! 

It is cold.  It is damp.  It is raining.  And my flowers are sadly gone.  They lay there like some limp crime scene victim from last weeks CSI.  Pale and lifeless. 

And my heart is breaking.  With those flowers went my last piece of summer. 

Now I get to spend my weekend in the cold weather cutting them down and throwing them away like they meant nothing.  And in their place is a sad, empty spot where life once took place.

*sigh*

And soon winter comes............................

I shall miss you old friends!