Fall weather?

Hi,
we live in eastern Pennsylvania (it's taken me forever to learn to spell this states name correctly). Will someone please tell Mother Nature that it is officially 'Fall'. By October 1st, in Canada, there is the "no white shoes after labor day" law that is strictly adhered too and the plants know to die. Gardening season is over. Jackets are standard fair. The Fall season is in full swing. You know what's coming next, Winter. It's easy & straight foreword.

Here in PA I have no idea what to expect from one day to the next. It's 90 degrees one day and 40 the next. My plants are still blooming and the weeds are having a heyday. It's dry as hell, then you need to build an ark to deal with all the water coming down. Total confusion. I need weather structure, not this sillyness. I'm all gardened-out. April to October is more dirt than I want to deal with. Clipping hedges is getting old. I love the summer but enough is enough. My fall wardrobe needs exercising already. Boots are crying in my closet to be worn, coats, flighting to be loose from the hanger, sweaters, jeans, socks... everything I haven't had on in 9 months is screaming "wear ME!" Why am I worried about the dust bunnies in the closet? Just because they are starting to hold fashion shows with my clothes is no reason to panic. Part of me doesn't want to pack away the t-shirts and shorts, the other half is champing at the bit to bundle up in a flannel shirt and heavy hand-knit sweaters. Delema city.

It would be easier to be a fish in our pond, no trend issues for what's hot to wear this season, just the dim notion that the weather is starting to change and that means ice eventually on the water.... January will be here all too soon. Then I'll get to complain about the cold. Yipee!

xox
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