End of Summer

Sure, it's already snowed a few times and it's been grey, rainy, and cold for (what seems like) weeks, still, I haven't allowed the notion that summer is over to sink past the initial layers of my cerebellum. Yesterday, though, we said goodbye to The Birdus' parents as they leave for their winter nest down in Texas. We most likely won't see them again until May. And as the dark mornings get darker and Daylight Savings Time creeps to an end this weekend I look at the photo below and suddenly and fully apprehend that summer is gone.



This picture (taken by The Birdus) embodies our summer: a cabbage and cucumber from our graden grace the foreground, a tart and icy cocktail with fresh mint and raspberries in the center, African violets in bloom on the right, and in the background, a container with our geocaching medallions and a mug full of bottle caps from our favorite beers.

Bye summer. See you next summer.