{"id":3888,"date":"2012-09-25T15:45:38","date_gmt":"2012-09-25T22:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/?p=3888"},"modified":"2022-03-25T22:28:37","modified_gmt":"2022-03-26T05:28:37","slug":"a-sudden-gradual-change-of-seasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2012\/09\/25\/a-sudden-gradual-change-of-seasons\/","title":{"rendered":"A sudden gradual change of seasons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Autumn always sneaks up on me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Back to school sales start when the temps are still in the 90s. The thought of wearing leather, or wool, or flannel is laughable. The sun sets a little earlier, but not so early as to impact my day. And the trees might start to take on a little more color, but I’m never really sure whether it’s because fall is coming, or that we just went six weeks without rain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

*Seattlites don’t really want outsiders to know that it rarely rains here in August and September, so shhhh…. let’s just keep this between us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We live on a little lake, populated by ducks year round. Theses ducks are a part of our landscape, any time of year. In the spring, they’re accompanied by ducklings, following their mama around the lake, until one day I notice that mama duck is accompanied by smaller ducks. By the time fall comes around, I can no longer distinguish the parents from their offspring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The trees around the lake are just starting to show a hint of red and gold. The color change happens gradually, but I never experience it that way. One morning, in the not too distant future, I will look out over a brightly colored landscape and wonder when this transformation occurred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It happens this way every year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just as every few months I look at my daughter and wonder when did she get so big, but she was maturing right under my nose all along.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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