Day 239
Certainly I have never been a squirrel in a former life. After today’s doings I am fairly sure of that.
This afternoon I collected acorns for a friend. Since I have 3 huge oak trees on my property that have been dropping roughly 14,000 acorns daily for the last month – I thought this little task would be easy.
Ha. I am an acorn novice and fool.
Apparently when the acorns started falling earlier this month THAT is when I should have started picking them up. The lawn guys and the local squirrels and Mother Nature (for that matter) have taken care of whatever is left on my lawn and in my garden beds.
The “dregs” of acorns are rotted, holey, cracked or broken, wormy or have already started their germination process with a little red/green tongue sticking out the end. These were not “fit” to send to my friend. Who wants wormy acorns on their table?
And in thinking that I should have done this earlier in the month it dawned on me that in another hour September will be over. How is that even possible? It was just August. It was just May!
Thirty days hath September … it feels like this one had only 12.
So, in thinking that I’ve decided to ask for a do-over. I want to do September over – again. I want another 30 days of the month that is in between Summer and Autumn. The month that whispers fall is almost here at the same time you are wearing shorts.
I love autumn and it could last 4-5 months if I had my way. If I could redo the calendar I’d have 60 days of September and October and about 45 of November. December would have at least 40 days in it … all before Christmas. Snow would happen the week before the holidays and end after the first of January when the temperatures would go back up to the 60’s and flowers would begin coming up sometime in February. It would then be temperate through May with warm, sunny days through August and then we’d start all over again with 60 days of September.
I think that would suit me just fine.
So, I’m calling for a do-over. I was too busy this September to really enjoy it and I’d like to take advantage of it more this time around … more walks, less time in the office … more days outside, less days in … and so forth.
In any case … tomorrow starts October, probably my favorite month of the year. I love the fall colors and the crispness of the air and Halloween and that smell that comes only at this time of year. It’s “sweater weather” and it’s … perfect.
Hmm … October sounds pretty good … maybe a September do-over isn’t really necessary.