Autumn Weather v1.0

It may not be autumn by the calendar but it is now beautiful fall weather. It has just turned the last two days, turned from a summer of heat and unbearable humidity with little rain to sunshine crisp days in the upper seventies and the fifties at night. The trees are still green and the grass is brown from lack of rain. But yesterday we turned off the air conditioner, hopefully for the year and opened windows. Although we had to sleep in the north bedroom, a cool breeze blew in all night.
The city had repaired the sidewalk on the east side of the house earlier in the summer; they finally returned and planted grass seed which we have to water each day. The catch basin that collects the run-off from our subdivision is very low, at most only a few feet deep. The algae laden surface has given way to tall aquatic weeds that are blooming. The banks are growing up with willows and tall grasses. It actually looks natural. Probably as soon as the homeowners association sees it looking so nice they will insist on ripping it out and lay more concrete.
Now that fall is almost upon us, this short interval between the heat of summer and the barren cold of winter will give me a little respite to do some late season boating, camping and bicycling.