2010-It is the perfect time to be at the Jersey shore. Saturday we went down to the water to watch the sun rise-the only time I did all summer. All the ocean sunrises I have seen over the years and I never remember a pink mist over the lilac and purple breaking waves. All these years and still something new to be seen. The day continued perfectly sunny but with a late summer twist- the water was warmer than the air. Then sunset on the bay side in the middle of a dreamlike bike ride; so much of time down there seems dreamlike. Sunday the sun peeked briefly through the dark clouds just at sunrise but rain followed right after. It rained about an hour but lightly and we walked on the beach anyway. After the rain stopped it remained cloudy but warm and we stayed reading on the beach all day. Another kind of perfect. Monday was sunny and promised to be warm but we needed to leave. One last long walk on the high tide soft shore before tearing oneself away from summer…
2011-Rather than changing to fall colors, many trees-the maple in particular-seem to be turning straight to brown and then dropping their leaves. Two beautiful days begged me to reconsider my verdict on this season but I cannot. Except for one so far the nights have been warm enough to leave the windows open. Last night was the full moon, the one for harvest time viewing in the Far East. I walked down the driveway about seven thirty to find the rising moon through the trees. It was huge and orange and made the surrounding sky look royal blue.
Not much harvest but
The autumn moon still rises.
Glad when this year goes.
2013-A handful of nights flirting with frost, but no damage. We tried out the garage sale cider press with great success- a five gallon bucket of apples produced about a gallon of cider. At night I’ve been drinking last year’s apple wine-very dry and not apple-y at all-not sure which I prefer.
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