September is ...

longer shadows ... cooler days ... open windows .... the first finger brushes of fall ...

back to school ... back to schedules ... back to routine ....

my birthday ... my sil's birthday ... tons of my favorite friendseses birthdays ... homemade chocolate cake

Ovarian Cancer Awareness month & there but for the Grace of God and a hysterectomy there could have gone I ...

the sorrow of our nation - 9/11 We Will Always Remember ...

the last month that we would go into the ocean when we were kids ...

Rehoboth Beach, DE - my home away from home as a child

the anniversary of when I became a MAC and left my pc behind ... with that ridiculous blue screen of death ...

the time of September harvests and canning and storing and preparing for winter ...


Another month of the Monthly Scavenger Hunt on Flickr! - check it out ...   


International Talk Like a Pirate Day ... 9/19 me maties! ARGGGGGGGGGGGGG ... erm something like that ... just pass the rum ...

hurricane shutters ... hurricane warnings ... mad rushes for water and food 2 hours before a storm ... when I lived in Florida 


the month before OCTOBER which happens to be one of my favorite months ever!

HAPPY SEPTEMBER!  What is September to you? 

Autumn Dreams

I know the year is dying,
Soon the summer will be dead.
I can trace it in the flying
Of the black crows overhead;
I can hear it in the rustle
Of the dead leaves as I pass,
And the south wind's plaintive sighing
Through the dry and withered grass.

Ah, 'tis then I love to wander,
Wander idly and alone,
Listening to the solemn music
Of sweet nature's undertone;
Wrapt in thoughts I cannot utter,
Dreams my tongue cannot express,
Dreams that match the autumn's sadness
In their longing tenderness.
-  Mortimer Crane Brown, Autumn Dreams

Fall in London

I took a quick cruise around the neighborhood yesterday, enjoying one of those awesome crisp and crystal clear autumn days and snapped a few pics.  This is my first autumn in almost 15 years since I lived in South Florida for most of that time.  It is decidedly my favorite time of year!