Anticipation

Monday is upon us at last. In the summer it's hard to tell the days apart. A Monday in the summer here at Rancho Ramirez could just as easily be a Thursday or a Saturday. When school is out for the summer the importance of Monday ends and we look ahead to September and the coming autumn which brings big changes here. We have that very important Monday point of reference not mention daylight savings time that affords us that extra hour of sleep.

It also means the stores have some Halloween decorations out for us to enjoy. Those decorations appear in stores around early September in anticipation of the coming holiday season ( Halloween, Thanksgiving, etc.) which ends all too soon for our liking. Some folks don't like to see the businesses start marketing their seasonal wares so early, but for us it just means that time of year lasts just a bit longer which makes us happy.

So the countdown is on to September when the days shorten and farmers begin to harvest their fall crop. Our harvest consists of the visual delights found as trees don their autumnal colors, storefronts display assorted Halloween confections and decorations and households transform lawns and porches into theatrical expressions for their love of the season. Until then we'll get through the summer sweating as little as possible and look ahead to the day when Earth poises itself for an equinoctial kiss from the sun.