3 posts tagged “fall”

That, believe it or not, was a line from a seasonal radio beer ad back in the day for a local and now defunct brewery  in my hometown.

Still  words resonate; the crickets are chirping louder, the days and of course noticeably shorter, noticed yesterday  the leaves on one of the neighbor's maple trees has already started to change color.  Fall is 'officially' here.  For me a bit f a letdown as I prefer long sunlit days.  But with fall here, its Spring  south of the Equator.  Perhaps I ought to see if there's a gig that allows me to work in the Southern Hemisphere from October to April, and in the Northern Hemisphere from May to September  :-)

Very apt way this morning to start September; temperatures right now around a nice 60 degrees (that's 14 or so for those unfortunate to be stuck with Celsius), have the sliding door in the family room left open to let the cooler outside air in, and some neighbor's dogs are barking their heads off which mine has just now gone out to 'investigate' (and roll around on the wet grass while she's at it).

One more week and son will be back in school!  I think he's in denial; as I have periodically asked him if he needs to go shopping for clothing or if there are any school supplies he needs, like an upgraded calculator for pre-calculus/Trig.  His answer has been 'no' and today I'm going to let him know that he will not have me dragging him along for last minute back-to-school shopping.

He's also not made any progress about what he intends to do after June of 2010, when he graduates.  Have told him numerous times he needs to look into colleges, for I am not going to send him off to any college without him first visiting one. Nor am I going to stand for him going to the community college 10 a 10 minute walk away simply because its there.  He needs too to address his testing scores, either by signing up again for the SAT, or take a practice ACT test and then decide which of the 2 test he's more comfortable with.

And, he's also been told that with no plan, and no college lined up by June, he'd better have a plan to get a full-time job somewhere as a.) he sure as hell won't be allowed to  lie about the house, and b.), at his age, if he's not a student he can't be covered under the health insurance we have, so he'll have to find, and pay for his own coverage.  All this seems to be just background noise to him and for me it is hard to watch him piss valuable time away on his Xbox.

Federal holiday today of course. When working I looked forward to these days, not that I too had the day off, I didn't, but with the Feds off, the commute in and out was actually pleasant: I could even drive the speed limit in some places! (that says a lot for the normal traffic patterns here!)

But son has school and is grumbling.  A new Xbox game is scheduled for release today too, a variation of a game out for a while and guess who must get it today? 

The photos below are not mine or  even taken in this area. One of the Sake Dojo Alumini lives around Knoxville, Tenn., is a hiker and a  decent amateur photographer.  He sent these along for my and others on his mailing list's enjoyment, so for the enjoyment of others......