October's Link to the Rest of the Year.

I am so happy that it is October...Really because it just means that we are one step closer to cooler weather here in Naples...Record Highs have been hitting us and when the day is spent at 94 degrees...not even Miles wants to be outside. a few weeks ago we got a little spoiled and had a few cool mornings. Miles and i made it a point to get up even earlier and take our walk...(just in case it would be hotter our usual walk time.) It was SOOOO nice. Miles had an extra bounce in his step and I was so grateful for the longer walk with no humidity. Perfect. Over the summer we walk everyday,but it is to hot....by the time we are at the duck pond down the street, Miles is already tired and lethargic. I am sweaty and angry. We go our normal boring route and have no excitement..but the cooler days because we can move faster and walk further it's all an adventure. We cut through yards in the complex, find new gecko spots, chase the ducks, meet other dogs, try out different walking paths, you know he is the original Indiana Jones or Grissom of pooches. We love the walks and hopefully it will cool soon enough for some longer ones...
October in New England is stunning, also in DC. But i remember walking down Fering Rd. in Hingham, (my home town) on my way to downtown and the trees on either side of the street were like a canopy of colors. Like I was walking under an archway of crisp, gold, red, Terra cotta, burnt sienna and pale browns. It was always breath taking. then walking on 3A along the harbour and looking and looking across it to Worlds End in the fall always made sense. The colors. It's God's canvas..telling us that the nesting months are upon us and he is painting us one last giant painting of HIS brilliance until the new awakening in the spring when the crocuses pop up. Autumn in DC is s brilliant. Walking around Arlington Cemetery is breath taking. One year Mom, Dad, Dan and I went up there together and had a stunning time, we loved the crisp air, the colors and the monuments at that time of year are virtually empty. It's like the National monuments to yourself. We all took a ride to Mount Vernon VA. to walk around George Washington's home. It was stunning also. the trees were so alive and the added bonus was it was Harvest Days while we were there. so down the big hill from Washington's house, was all kinds of festivals for children. Story time with George, candle making, pony rides and much more. It was perfect. Maybe in a few years e can go back with baby.

October is also the START of it all...now on a personal note, it is the start of us knowing what we are having as far as baby is concerned....we know the sex in two weeks. so excited.
But it starts all the Holiday preparations and more. We are kind of losers so we are not big Halloween people. dressing up and going to a party is not really our idea of fun. Sitting home watching the world series is what we like to do... (YUP LOSERS...) but Halloween bleeds right into All Saints Day and then Veteran's Day and then BEFORE Thanksgiving the Christmas carols start on the radio...(to be honest I LOVE Christmas carols...so I don't mind that to much.) We then approach Thanksgiving, one of my favorite holidays. It's sooo pressureless. You just eat and spend time with family and have fun, but after that, it is balls to the walls with Christmas.

It will be our last Christmas with just Dan and I and Miles...next year will be baby's first Christmas and baby will be about nine months then so it could be fun....

But you know. It's all about October now. I love seeing the decorations and the pumpkins and the costumes and how outrageous things and people are. Creative too. I love the fact that it's a month to put things to sleep and begin nesting. There is no pressure in October. None.

When I think of how big this month really is... and what it leads to...it's as heart warming as Spice Pumpkin and Cinnamon.