FALL HOME & GARDEN

Not So Fast, Winter! We’re Not Done Having Fun Yet.

That familiar chill has returned to the morning air. It is that crisp chill of fall, when the days still promise sunshine and warmth, but a sweater might be called for with the morning coffee. There’s something in the atmosphere reminding us that soon the leaves will catch fire in a profusion of reds, golds and yellows. A hint in the air that the humid days of summer have relented, though not entirely left the scene.

The Cape is a land on the move in the fall as summer visitors, humans and birds alike, depart for warmer climes and the soft summer dissolves into the colder, scarcer winter sun. The striped bass begin their fall run and anglers set out on jetties to try their luck.

 Fall is a time to prepare for the coming winter and plan for the promise of spring. It is a time to enjoy nature now that the oppressive humidity has given way to crisp, golden days. The autumnal season comes in with light warmth and out in the teeth of a nor’easter.

 Ghost stories swirl around the fireside by October, but September remains a denizen of the summer months. November will arrive with it the first taste of winter and remembered summer days gone by.

John H. Hough

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