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Sunday, November 21, 2004
Leaves
A month ago, driving south, I decided that down here in Cox Cable Land, leaves haven't figured out about fall. Now they're getting it.
I like to have morning coffee on my porch, and that's a good thing about being here. It's just before Thanksgiving, but I can sit on my nice, spacious porch and drink coffee while waiting for the crippled, three-headed, refried paper boy to deliver my Sunday paper into the flowers. Anyway, I'm sitting there drinking coffee and thinking unflatteringly about the paper boy when I notice the nearest tree...and it is so lovely...all red and orange and yellow. This truly is an exemplar-of-the-splendor-of-fall tree. Gorgeous actually. Finally not green any more. Getting those colors going. MmmHM!
Just in time to edge in front of the Christmas tree in the parade of life. Last night was the annual Christmas Parade immediately after which downtown lights up for "the holidays". After the parade, after those holiday lights went on for the first time, fireworks exploded and it sounded like from my back yard. I was watching TV like any other right-thinking parade avoider, and KABLAMMY!!!! Rocked me right up off the sofa. so I guess that's it...now it's the "holiday season".
And the leaves finally show some red with the green. Up north where things are more thought out, leaves give themselves a chance to star, to be alone on stage, to get a big hand, to make three curtain calls and receive tributes from the fans. Down here, autumn leaves scamper onstage shyly behind Santa. Doesn't seem right. I watched them, though, while drinking a whole cup of coffee...which for me is a long time.
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