Fifty Shades of… Autumn?

View from The Deck (Lake Tahoe):

  Mood Reading:  ZZZ’s (Morning came a bit early after dutiful wine tasting last evening.)

Like the last drunk straggler at the New Year’s Eve party who is finally ushered out by the polite but exhausted hosts, it looks like Summer has reluctantly taken the hint and decided to slip out the back door quietly after all.

Though I have thoroughly enjoyed the warm evenings and lingering clear skies, I find myself longing for cooler temps and even a shower or two, which would certainly be a novelty at this point.  I know, I know… there are those who would say “bite your tongue woman!” (as someone Read the rest of this entry »