Fall-ing

It looks like the dog days of summer are just about behind us now. I think Vancouverites were appreciative of the late burst of summer, considering how mediocre this actual summer was. But the leaves are now turning, literally. I've been feeling the onset of autumn in the air for the past week or two, and that onset was confirmed this morning when I saw my first leaf fall.

I always have a hard time making that transition from summer to autumn. I love long, warm sunny days. But once I'm into autumn, and and as long as it doesn't pour with rain the whole time, I don't mind it so much. I do suffer from SADS, but that doesn't usually kick in till January, but this time round, I think it may be a whole lot earlier. Why? I have never have been as pale as I am right now, at this time of year. I can usually hold my summer tan till October or November, but this year it's already fading away, and it's still September.

Here's hoping this autumn/winter is a dry one... of course, this is Vancouver so that odds of that happening are, well, none.