I've totally noticed the pull of the lawnmower here in my neighbourhood. One neighbours powers up the mower and people kind of look at each other in the house, "did I just hear a..." and it's only April, and sometimes May, because well it's Canada, BRRRRRRRR! The changeover happens again.
Soon it will be October and I'll pull in the yard just back from the stores with high priced snowsuits and gear and next powerful machine I hear is someone "just fixing"' or "preparing" their snow blower or putting that new (or in great condition for it's age) plow onto the lawnmower or ATV, and then it happens a flake falls. Every neighbour is late for work and they all rush to get their shovels, brooms or motorized snow removal equipment. This is all a different In March when that ,Freak snow storm that really wasn't so freaky, is announced or falls. They aren't all rushing for the shovels, no they are all hiding in their homes waiting to be unfrozen. For now we're still doing lawnmowers.
Tonight another "fall" smell followed me as I walked my major high speed, more because it's cold ad I want to get back home before my breath cloud does, walk. I did well tonight 45minutes of good walkinng vs the mini walk I did earlier in the day. This night walk was for me. It followed me all over the neighbourhood the smell and it wasn't BBQ burgers, hotdogs, sausages that I had smelled last week, it was woodstoves! Yes it's begun, the neighbours are firing up the furnaces and getting ready to put another log on the fire as they hybernate and wait wait and wait for spring to return!
BRRRRRRRR! I'll just wait for that baseboard heater to kick in!
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I LOVE Fall...but it stays quite warm here until about another month or so...then it will be fall until March. LOL.
I love fall, but hate hate the knowledge that snow is on the way!!
If only we could slow it down a little huh?!
I love fall and wish it meant we would see some snow. Here in the south snow is an exciting 4 letter word.
We are now welcoming Fall. Thanks for stopping by and following my little blog. Have a great day.
Love this post. It's perfectly named and wonderfully descriptive.
We'd previously lived in VERY heavy snow areas - Chicago, eastern Oregon, upstate New York - and had to dig our way out of long driveways many a time. Then we moved to the west side of Washington, in sight of the snow-capped mountains, but down in temperate valleys. No more snow shovels. Ahhh!
Good work on the 45 minutes. You've inspired me to walk today. I like those fall smells.
Every year I forget where I put my ice scaper and then I end up buying one after living without one through a month of ice!
oh my! more people found me Thanks all for stopping by. This weekend the colors here are more vibrant and the temps a bit cooler so there is more leaf crunching.
Psst, it's October now.
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