Sad Moods

The seasons, they are changing. We are only half way through August and there is still a little summer left but the signs are all around that summer is coming to an end. Even though the days have been getting shorter for several months, it has become much more noticeable both in the morning and in the evening.

There are patches of leaves on some of the trees that have already decided summer is gone and have changed to their fall colors. More will follow. I see more flights of geese at night as they seem to be gathering back into flocks to prepare to move south. A lot of them don’t go anywhere but enough do bug out for the winter months.

For now, the hummingbirds and vultures are still around. Strange that two birds on the opposite ends of the beauty spectrum can bring me happiness when they show up and add to the sadness when they disappear.

We went back to the State Fair on Friday. It was a great day to be out and about and it was fun but the last visit is always a bit bittersweet for me just because the Fair comes late in the summer and when it is gone, summer seems to go with it as well.

Labor Day is a few weeks off and football season starts soon. And there are places pushing Halloween things. It won’t be long before the stores are littered with Pumpkin Spice flavored stuff (won’t that trend ever die). Just more signs that the end of summer is right around the corner.

Now, I do enjoy certain parts of fall. The weather we’ve had recently with temperatures topping off in the upper 70’s and with no humidity has been absolutely perfect. Except, to be fair, every fall day is not like that. I’m more of a football fan than other sports so the start of that season is nice. It is just that I’m clearly more of a spring/summer person and I always hate to see it go.

I know I can dip into these sad moods for a bit. They don’t last long because I can appreciate the good parts of all the seasons. You kind of have to when you live in a place that experiences all of them. I don’t try to fight it so I just kind of live with the sadness for a bit.