i suppose it's that time.
not that i don't love fall -for i usually say it's my very favorite- it's just that it's so hard for me to say goodbye to summer.  bare feet on the grass, outdoor musical concerts, swimmin' pools, buckets of sand on the beach... there's just so much living in the summertime.
though nothing is visibly changing much here in the valley yet, it's true that the days are endlessly comfortable, and the nights cool enough for long, warm snuggles.

yesterday we went to our favorite celebrating-autumn-in-all-its-glory spot, to see if it's true; that Mama Nature really is patting us all along. our bit-of-magic spot was just starting to turn.  we collected a few leaves, and made friends with all the caterpillars.

sigh.  i suppose it's true, then.

we were making a day of our adventuring, so from the mountains we went into the desert, out to the island.  one more trip of the summer. it's a spectacular world out there, hmm?
even though.
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