For those of us north of the 36th parallel it has begun! That time of year when the inescapable fact that winter IS coming and it will be here soon, hits us... The winter routine is beginning, cover the pool, collect the lawn furniture, roll up the garden hoses, lower the storm windows and put the screens up. We still squeak some ride time in and if the season is kind we will ride for a few more months. But it is approaching and we can’t stop it! Riding gear gets heavier and bulkier…and all to soon it will be hung up until the sand is off the streets, in the spring…
A certain melancholy washes over me at this time of year…and I begin to think of sweaters and flannel shirts, wood stoves and fireplaces…and hibernating…disappearing from the social realms, to hide out in the security of my home grab a good book and wait for spring to break….
I know it’s early still even up in the northern climes but it has begun, and there is nothing that can stop it!
