October 6, 2009

Fall in Phoenix

Fall in Phoenix.

It lasts one week and then it's back to summer until Thanksgiving.

In the past week:

-The temperatures have gone down in the 60's at night....very nice. But people go around all the next day with sweaters on while it rises to the 80s. I think they are sincere in their wearing of sweaters, but I still have to giggle.

-People open their windows and doors to let the cool morning air in, even after their a/c kicks back on in the afternoon. (I'm guilty of this, I love outside air....I almost said fresh air....silly me)

-There is a faint smell of woodsmoke in the evenings.

-Fall decor is starting to make it's appearance in my neighborhood. Mums, pumpkins, witches, ghosts, caution tape and weirdly purple lights.

-My sisters have started planning the Thanksgiving dinner menu.

-Candy corn is disappearing from the ceramic pumpkin on our piano.

-3 plastic barrels of ginger snaps appeared on our pantry shelf. (someone keeps forgetting she already bought some)

-Slippers have come back in style.

-The dark loads of laundry are outnumbering the light loads.

-The snowman jar on the microwave is suddenly full of cough drops again.

-There is a distinct difference in everyone's mood.....a more chilled out attitude is evident.

By Saturday it will be back in the 90's again. Kinda makes my pumpkin scented candles seem premature.

4 comments:

Sara said...

Ah Mrs. Christy, I love your writing. The candy corn pumpkin is back?! Oh dear, I'm going to need to remember that...

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Susannah said...

"Fall in Phoenix. It lasts one week and then it's back to summer until Thanksgiving."

LOL! Very funny. We are seriously, I mean very seriously considering moving down your way. I would LOVE all that hot weather. Now that we're empty nesters, we can live just about any where we want. Should we come?

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Tanya said...

We flirt with fall here, too. We even had some rain, but it's back to the 80s later this week.