Dear Reader:

It is hard to believe that we are now in the middle of September. Fall fell early for the lowcountry…a week or more of wonderful low humidity, fall weather….before and during Hurricane Irma. I raised my windows, turned off the air,  and soaked up the cool breezes each morning and evening.

And now…summer has returned with a vengeance..it’s hot again! I finally gave up and turned the air conditioner back on  yesterday. You can’t fight humidity and win comfortably…not in our ‘neck of the woods.’

 We aren’t getting fallen autumn leaves yet waving goodbye…just the yellow summer leaves  falling off the moon flower vines, and the clerodendrum.

Fall doesn’t officially arrive for another few days but summer is not going to go down without a fight. It won’t be a knock-out but it will keep punching to the last round no doubt! The lowcountry is semi-tropical which gives summer a definite advantage over prolonging the arrival of autumn.

But in the end fall will win…autumn will reign king of the boxing match…but only until winter returns to take back the throne. Such is life.

Since I had moved decorations, planters, and all kinds of paraphernalia into the garage in lieu of the arrival of Hurricane Irma…I thought it was a good time to go on and replace all the summer decor with fall decor.

So yesterday was a fun day….dragging out all my fall and Halloween decorations…it might be a little early…but then I will get to enjoy the decor longer this year…this autumn season. ( *And because I had cleaned out and thrown out a lot of old decorations this summer in my massive clean-up campaign…it didn’t take half the time it usually does to decorate like it used to… running around both sides of the house trying to remember where I stuck “stuff.”)

I will be changing decor, no doubt, as the season progresses…but here is yesterday’s first do-over for fall! I love “BOO” season!

What fun I had today…I am living out my dreams!

So until tomorrow….Thank you Father for allowing me my little special space in life…how I do adore it!

“Today is my favorite day”  Winnie the Pooh

*Today Winnie the Pooh must share his favorite day with Walsh and Mollie….they are CLOSING on their new home this morning at 10:30. Fingers crossed, prayers said that everything goes smoothly…if so they plan to start moving a few items in this weekend…(Like the Velveteen Rabbit…it is becoming REAL! )

*This is too funny….while eating lunch out yesterday I overheard a woman in the booth behind me say two important words “Three Pines.” Without even thinking or hesitating…I said…”You must be reading the Louise Penny detective novels with Chief Inspector Armand Gamache!”

She squealed and said “Yes” Don’t you love it? I was telling my husband that I wanted to go there…at least to her hometown in Canada and just see it.” (I noticed out of the corner of my eye that her husband didn’t seem quite as enthusiastic about that idea…excused himself to go pay the bill…while we kept discussing the books! I think from now on…Louise Penny readers/fans need to say  “Three Pines” as our secret code ensuring that we are among friends…or equally crazy people!

*So good to see you yesterday Cindy….another “Three Pines” crazy club member…we just can’t get enough.