And Here We Are In November

“November comes
And November goes,
With the last red berries
And the first white snows.

With night coming early,
And dawn coming late,
And ice in the bucket
And frost by the gate.

The fires burn
And the kettles sing,
And earth sinks to rest
Until next spring.”
- Clyde Watson -

It was quite mild yesterday, which isn’t always the case at the end of October, and the high temperatures would have made for a super Halloween for the kids if it hadn’t been for the rain. Because of that, there weren’t that many witches and goblins out and about. Poor kiddies. Better luck next year!

Anyhow, so here we are in the month of November. Already. And, of course, all the stores are going to start going nuts about Christmas. Some start going nuts as soon as October arrives. I expect that one day soon I’ll be hearing Christmas songs playing at one shop or another. Let’s all take a deep breath and relax. There’s still time.

This weekend we turn back the clocks, and it’ll start getting dark early. Very early. And this month it’ll start getting colder. Much colder. So we can look forward to limited daylight, chilly days, no more autumn splendour and no garden. November can be downright depressing, can’t it?

Well, we’ll just have to make the best of it, won’t we?

Have a good month, everyone, and an awesome weekend!