Early October Days

 Early in October, there are days like yesterday when the sky is cloudless blue, and the light is almost blinding in its clarity. The gold of falling leaves in that October light,  a vision of poets and artists.  It is a day for glorious things. 

Carpenters, painters, roofers, gardeners, people walking their dogs, all of us in that golden light, feeling the  beauty of the world, of being alive here now. 

And then there are days like today, when the overcast gray sky is like a blanket. Heard, not seen, a line of geese heading south. The air is surprisingly chilly, and jackets and hoodies and layers are the outfits of the day. 

It's a moody and introspective day, a day without shadows, the kind of day when we turn inside, the comfort of roomy sweaters and soup simmering on the stove. 

This is autumn now.  It still feels like summer some days, the last of the ripening tomatoes. Some days, our thoughts turn to winter, and snow and cold. Leaves are starting to turn colors. Halloween decorations are out already. 

Now is the time to have the furnace checked and change the furnace filter. Time for  the last cut of the summer grass.