"Stuff is eaten by dogs, broken by family and friends, sanded down by the wind, frozen by the mountains, lost by the prairie, burnt off by the sun, washed away by the rain. So you are left with dogs, family, friends, sun, rain, wind, prairie and mountains. What more do you want?"
Federico Calboli
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Signs that Fall is Coming
Cottonwood leaves are turning
Arrival of Colorado Western Slope peaches. These are from Palisade
For signs of Fall in Louisiana we like to see giant swirling masses of low pressure grinding up our coastline into muddy goo at 160 mph. You can really feel it in the air!
Signs of Fall in Cambridge: strangely empty streets -- the lull after the tourists and language students go home, but before the undergraduates come up. And today: a bank employee peeling a sticker of a singing skylark, and a sticker of a giant, anatomically incorrect butterfly, from the window of the bank. And replacing them with stickers of falling leaves.
One of the best things about the early fall in the southwest is riding around with your window down and hitting the scent stream from a green chile roaster. Instant Pavlovian response!
Cottonwood leaves are turning
Arrival of Colorado Western Slope peaches. These are from Palisade 
And it's time for roasting chiles
For signs of Fall in Louisiana we like to see giant swirling masses of low pressure grinding up our coastline into muddy goo at 160 mph. You can really feel it in the air!
ReplyDeleteSigns of Fall in Cambridge: strangely empty streets -- the lull after the tourists and language students go home, but before the undergraduates come up. And today: a bank employee peeling a sticker of a singing skylark, and a sticker of a giant, anatomically incorrect butterfly, from the window of the bank. And replacing them with stickers of falling leaves.
ReplyDeleteMatt, that's why I prefer forest fires to hurricanes, given a choice. They cannot repeat in the same place -- at least not right away
ReplyDeleteWe had a breezy night last night and early this morning I saw another sign of Fall - tumbleweeds
ReplyDeleteAnd the chiles. Connie had them roast a half bushel for her. A week later, the inside of the Explorer still smells wonderfully of roasted chile
One of the best things about the early fall in the southwest is riding around with your window down and hitting the scent stream from a green chile roaster. Instant Pavlovian response!
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