Blurbs From Eunee's Mind (and Life)

Inevitably, much to my protest, autumn has returned to Long Island. Of course I'm not foolish enough to believe that if I protest, God will delay the coming of autumn for just a while longer. Still, for about a month I have grumbled against the onset of autumn. Then I went to Bear Mountain which is towards the middle of New York state (I guess....or perhaps it qualifies as upstate New York) with my mom and my boyfriend; there I was reminded that autumn is something beautiful despite all my grumblings. I think God made all the colors so beautiful in autumn because the overcast skies and browning of the ground can become quite dreary. So here I'm sharing with you a photo that makes for a bright smile on such an autumn day. Protest as I may, we are quite in the middle of autumn here on the island, and cold winds signal the approach of winter. Most trees have shed their beautiful yellow, orange, amber, red, brown, and deep pink colors; they now stand naked, bracing for the wint...

So the cold weather I was waiting for has arrived. The other night we had a freeze warning during the daybreak hours (3 a.m. to 8 a.m.) and the temperatures that night dipped down to 28 degrees! And with the decrease in temperature, I am happy to say there has been a decrease in crickets - outside AND inside. Granted it's not frequently that freezing, it's still chillier. It's definitely jacket-and-scarf weather, reaching maybe only a high of 50 - usually only in the mid to upper 40s. So it has been COLD for a native tropics and warm-weather kind of girl! BUT I must say that I'm adjusting alright and have not yet found myself bundling up till I feel like I can roll my way to class. I've heard it doesn't start getting too bad out here until mid-January, so maybe I can prolong my tire changes until December or something. We shall see. The leaves have changed colors, for those trees that do. The firs, of course, remain continuously green or white-tipped, making me ...