I'm in the mood for Fall.

As you may be able to tell by the new look of my blog I love fall. It has always been my favorite time of the year. I loved it when I lived in my home town where the leaves changed much earlier than they do here and with such beautiful colors. I used to walk through the woods and enjoy the cool air in my lungs, the smell of someone burning leaves and marvel at the wonderful colors of fall.

Now fast forward to fall in my current home. I wish I could say I could enjoy it. But alas I cannot. You see I live in the middle of cotton land. It is everywhere. First, the farmers spray awful chemicals to defoliate the cotton to be picked. This lovely chemical is applied using crop dusters that tend to miss the fields and spray our home, and yard. (They swear they would never do that but tell that to my lawn furniture that is covered with the stuff). When they spray we cannot venture outside because it burns our throats, makes our noses run and we feel terrible. Then they begin to pick the cotton and gin it. (We live a quarter mile from a gin) The air is full of a haze of small cotton filaments that drive our sinus and allergies up a wall.

In reality this is the only season you can really enjoy in this part of the country. The summers are hot and muggy. No one wants to venture out. The winters are cold and wet, no real snow. The last few years we have skipped spring all together and went straight to summer.

The weather has been gorgeous for the last week or so. Oh, how I wish I could enjoy it. I guess I will have to be happy with watching it from inside or outside and heavily medicated with allergy meds. ;)