Open Window Policy...

Is it even possible to compare the glory of an autumn day versus the glory of a spring day?  I mean both times are relative to the extremes they follow.  Those first warm days after winter are nothing short of miraculous.  To finally put on a t-shirt and shorts and bask in the warm sun.  Wow!

But then there's autumn in NC.  We've just made it through another torturously scalding summer and then the cool air blows in.  Windows immediately open.  Long sleeves are pulled out of drawers and closets.  Leaves begin to turn.  Days get shorter.  There's even the occasional shiver from the cool air.  Heavenly.

I would have to tip the scale towards autumn days.  Two Reasons.  First, we've got football and college basketball on the way.  Spring has the Masters and then a long drought for anything resembling exciting sports.  Second, there's no pollen in autumn.  Granted, the azaleas and dog woods are more than beautiful in the spring.  But there's all that damn pollen.  Equally beautiful are the autumn leaves.

So as I've already said, but will say again: I love this time of year and the month of October in particular.  Open those windows.  Go to the ball game.  Crack a beer.  Put on that sweatshirt.  Rustle through some leaves.  Get out and enjoy, friends and neighbors..............