fallen.

Late this afternoon, I had to take a drive out to Midland to check on a fire call. The call didn’t turn out to be anything, but I was struck by something on the way back.

I’m certain it had to do with the combination of the music I had playing in the car — a version of my October mix, a slightly twangy, slightly melancholy Americana playlist — and the cool air blowing through the windows as I drove along the north shore of the Ohio River. As I drove by an overgrown old railroad trestle, I thought this:

I’m ready for fall.

Flickr photo: “Right turn off of Sweetman’s Lane,” by joiseyshowaa.

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For the first time in my life, I’m ready for fall too. I used to hate when the warm weather would begin to fade. But maybe since Pittsburgh has had a thumbs-down summer this year in terms of weather, it’s time to move on. I like me some cool crisp air.

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PLEEASE put more pictures up like that..we just don’t see it here…and there’s nothing like the leaves, the colors, the crispy air, breathing that air, putting on a coat, the smell of wet leaves, your ears getting a little cold…

I miss that and am sad that my children won’t know it. I too am ready for a fall that never comes.

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I’m hanging on to summer this year like it’s my job.

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Jennie: You’re right — the Summer That Never Really Got Started might have something to do with it too.

E: That gives me an idea for a late-October post. Like, say, on the 26th…

HP: It’s probably going to start snowing in Cleveland in time for the Toledo game, right? Enjoy it while you can.

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I am always ready for fall. I love it.

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I was waiting for you to tell us that you took that pic on the way home…that fall had already started in Western PA…that unchecked carbon emissions were responsible.

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