Here's to share some technical information I had read in the Farmers Almanac:
September 22nd was the official first day of Fall this year. It was also the Autumnal Equinox when day and night were each about 12 hours long; the Sun crossing the celestial equator going southward; rising exactly due east and setting exactly due west.With a month of Fall behind us and Winter looming forever closer, people have started talking about Christmas already! Even businesses have started piling up on Christmas decor! This is quite different from most years as we won't normally have a sight of it all until after or closer to Thanksgiving. Mums are in full bloom. Even chestnuts are in stores! It's like everyone has fast forwarded their clocks by two whole months! OR could it be that I am far behind?! Possible.
From then on the temperatures begin to drop and the days start to get shorter than the nights. Winter begins with Winter Solstice on December 21 at 6:12 AM. EST this year marking the shortest day of the year, when the Sun reaches it's most southern point in the sky at local noon. After this date, the days start getting longer.
I am - or rather my taste is - changing by the day. Uggs have become my latest fancy. Till last season I shunned it like anything; but now I "must have" it! I can't even wear it to work as jeans are off the list. I am better off with a tall black leather boots which can be worn with almost anything; but ask me which one I would rather buy I will say, "Uggs!". What's wrong with me?! I myself can't understand. So I have put off buying till I can fully figure out my state of mind.
Children can't wait to wrap up on Soccer season and begin with Basketball. They love Basketball over Soccer by many folds. I think it is because the Soccer fields are unnecessarily big and too tiring on the kids. Worst part is having to sit in the cold outside to watch the game compared to the cozy interiors of a basketball court.
Israel is experimenting with his moustache. Last weekend he shocked us by going without it and these days it has morphed into a French beard. Interestingly I like it all!
There are plenty of babies to visit over the next couple of weeks amongst friends and family. Hearty "Welcome Aboard" to Baby Jeyashree, Baby Vanitha & Baby Samuel! More than anyone our children are excited as they are of the age where they love love love all babies.
So, life moves on. Hope all is well at your end too.
Somehow my thoughts these days only flow in the form of letter writing, so I am thinking of a brand new series called "You've got Mail!" in which I will randomly pick on you to write to. Hope that is okay with you.
Stay tuned...
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8 comments:
Life moves on even as seasons changeth and revisits.
It's hard for me to pick a favorite season because I love them as they change. Too bad we don't have such changes in the Philippines. Fall for me signals the coming of Christmas which is my favorite holiday season of all time. :)
I bought a pair of suede boots here in Hawaii, because I thought I would need them for a trip to the top of a mountain in Hawaii. It is very cold up there. However, I changed my mind about going and have never worn the boots.
You have a very nice looking family. I saw your 2009 photo on your blog.
Interesting stuff. Here in the north east of England we seemed to have missed autumn and gone straight to winter.
ya anil is right, Life moves on even as seasons changeth..:) best wishes to u too..
Thank you friends! You make my life all the more better - thru' the changing seasons! Thank you!
Wish you could soon use the suede boots and post about it Gigi!
It's never too late!
"You've got mail" is a wonderful idea !! For any season btw :)
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