I know why people love autumn. The colours really are very beautiful and this year we have been lucky enough to have good weather well into October.

Although I am an optomist by nature, I can’t help thinking about the rain and cold that is just around the corner. The leaves in the photo above are now brown and have fallen to the ground – along with about half the leaves from the silver birch in our front yard.

It is going to be November next week – NOVEMBER. Thanksgiving will be here before we know it and then christmas and then… I can’t even think about 2009. 2009!!!! And my baby is nearly 6 months old already and I think I may be freaking out a little by the swift passage of time and….

OK… calm down. You see I am not a fan of winter and this is the feeling it invokes – an end to sunshine and daylight and playing outside. OK, maybe I’m not always an optomist. Hey – look at the pretty leaves.