It's Time to Celebrate Fall

I absolutely love this time of the year.  My affinity is difficult to explain.  The weather starts to chill and one would think there might be an overwhelming sense of ending as the harvest is brought in forever changing the lives of the plants from whence our sustenance comes.  I see a richness heightened by thoughts and colors of warmth and family.  Imagine the year in colors.  Spring with its lively step is filled with pastels and new life; summer is imbued with hearty, full shades depicting the solidity of established life; and winter is dark, crisp and cold leaving an icy starkness.  It is Autumn with its rich deep hues of reds, browns, greens and golds that speaks to a full sense of accomplishment.  Even the trees are adorned with glorious shades as they proclaim their praise of a year well served before strewing their leaves in great  accolades to be crunched under foot by nature's revellers.  The very word 'Autumn' seems elegant augmenting the notion of fall and seems to draw the mind towards a sense of hearth and home, firelight, and smells of spice.  Families and friends congregate to enjoy games, bonfires, food, and stories as festivities move between the outside and inside of sheltered estates.  Good grief ... this is a bit flowery even for you, Kathy!  Who cares about all that?  Let's just watch some football!  Nevertheless, some do care.  It's time to celebrate Fall!