Fall Foliage

I woke up at 8:00 A.M. feeling hungry. As I opened the curtain I saw a purple sky over the brown forest, the sun was about to rise. It was the middle of October and it was 57 degrees outside, quite warm for this time of the year, but this gave a perfect excuse to spend the day outdoors. The kitchen table was ready half an hour later, it reminded me about the horn of abundance because there was a lot of food and plenty of options to choose from. The buttered bread had just come out of the oven and it was the best I ever tasted. I took some cottage cheese and a mix of dried cherries and blueberries along with a glass of grape juice. It was now the time to brush my teeth. The sun was hanging low over the blue sky and there were no clouds in sight, I decided to wear summer clothes because the sun would compensate the cool morning air. The cabin was on the edge of the town in New England, next to the forest, and the main street was ten blocks away. Except for a few evergreen pine trees, most trees on the streets had yellow, orange or red leaves, fall foliage was at its peak. Most houses had Halloween decorations, and except for the smiling and faceless pumpkins everything looked ugly and scary. It's cool to go as a kid on a chilly night and gather candy along with some friends, but is there a need to celebrate the evil? All of the orange and black along with fall colors look great, but how many kids in their right mind would like to be like evil witches or the devil? Perhaps it would be better if Halloween was simply a costume party, where you enjoy some free time with it at school (showing off your costume, eating sandwiches, having cokes and everyone sharing candy) and later on again with your friends at night I thought. There were not too many people on Main Street, as most of them were inside stores. Fruit markets were full of pumpkins. I had some money, though I did not plan to spend it I enjoyed taking a look at most stores. It was two thirty when I arrived back to the cabin, I was late for lunch but I wasn't hungry at that time. I was about to go back inside when I saw the forest behind the garden, it was beautiful. The trees had all shades of yellow, orange, and red, the sky had the deepest tone of blue. It was time to take some pictures, so I went inside the forest. After half an hour of walking west and taking nearly forty pictures I found a clearing that was about twenty yards wide, there were two swings in the middle. I remembered those days when I was little when I used to swing for several hours, it was fun. Temperature was now around 75°F and the sun was shining in the southern sky. As nobody was watching me, or so it seemed, I started swinging back and forth with all my strength. I felt happy to do it, but after a few minutes it turned windy. Chilly air was coming from the northwest and started to blow leaves in all directions, then I stopped daydreaming. Someday I'll see the fall foliage, not by myself I hope. Now I'm off to work, I'll be turning in the first chapter of my thesis tomorrow. Picture from: http://www.thundercloud.net/premium-screensavers/preview/fall-foliage-preview.htm