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Monday, October 25, 2010

Urgency


This weekend, (and today too) the weather was so beautiful in that way that only New England fall days can be. Well, I say that not really having lived anywhere else, except Pennsylvania for 4 years in college. I have to say that I wasn't really attuned to nature in college, so it's possible that fall in Pennsylvania is the same, but I wasn't looking.

I always feel a sense of urgency on days like these. The sun is shining, it's 65 degrees, and I ABSOLUTELY must get outside. I'm not an outside person at all, generally, so it's on these kind of days in the fall that I know something's different.

The root of this urgent need to be outside is the sense of wrapping up; it's the end. Summer is over, it's dark at 6:30 now instead of 8:30. Today I drove with my car window down, just because I still can. On days like this, I walk around feeling like I have to experience the rest of fall RIGHT NOW because it'll be gone soon. So I got up early and I went for a walk on the beach. Because I still can. Because it wasn't cold, it wasn't raining. The leaves are changing color and falling, but some are still green.

Soon the leaves will be gone, the trees will be gray, it will be cold and windy. Soon there will be freezing rain and snow. Not today though. Today I'm wearing short sleeves and playing outside because soon short sleeves and outside will not be available.

Carpe diem. Sunny and 65 will be a thing of the past soon enough, so I'm planning to enjoy it today.

4 comments:

  1. Beautiful post! I often feel the same way! I just wish I could look forward to snow!

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  2. One thing I miss about living in Wisconsin is the fall. Fall is such a beautiful and wonderful season, and we really don't get that here in Houston. Instead of having a summer home in some exotic location, I'd love to have a fall home in the Midwest or East Coast!

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  3. oh, i miss fall in new england!!! my college used to have a holiday called mountain day, where the college president would pick a beautiful fall day, ring the college bells and all classes would be canceled so we could enjoy the gorgeousness outside!

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  4. Pennsylvania is definitely on par with the rest of New England! It's lovely here, lovely in CT, lovely in Boston, lovely in NY... I enjoy New England. I love when the leaves turn.

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