Fall is happening too quickly. It feels like it hasn't been that long since the last fall season.

vkimo wrote :
One of the few reasons I'm looking forward to shorter days is because I bought a high powered flashlight for my evening walks. I like to scorch the retinas of hooligans in cars.

Just make sure you have the energy to bolt from the scene if they stop to get out!

In that case I'll mace them, if they come after me IN the car then I'm worried.

Those birds can get noisy, can't they?

i'm expecting snow. or as i call it, mother nature's dandruff

Certainly is turning out to be a wet start to the Fall season in this area.

Can't complain about how fall has been around here so far. It's been pretty cool in the air. Just the way I wanted it to be.

When Father Carves the Duck by Ernest Vincent Wright

We all look on with anxious eyes
When Father carves the duck
And mother almost always sighs
When Father carves the duck
Then all of us prepare to rise
And hold our bibs before our eyes
And be prepared for some surprise
When Father carves the duck.

He braces up and grabs a fork
Whene’er he carves a duck
And won’t allow a soul to talk
Until he’s carved the duck.
The fork is jabbed into the sides
Across the breast the knife he slide
While every careful person hides
From flying chips of duck.

The platter’s always sure to slip
When Father carves a duck.
And how it makes the dishes skip!
Potatoes fly amuck!
The squash and cabbage leap in space
We get some gravy in our face
And Father mutters Hindu grace
Whene’er he carves a duck.

We then have learned to walk around
the dining room and pluck
From off the windowsills and walls
Our share of Father’s duck
While Father growls and blows and jaws
And swears the knife was full of flaws
And Mother laughs at him because
He couldn’t carve a duck.

Since Thanksgiving is coming soon, I thought I'd post this humorous poem here.

I love the Fall!

I was just outside my apartment, and I noticed that most of the leaves are green, not golden brown. And I saw that the grass isn't covered with them. Fall is pretty flat around here.