Late summer

You know it when:

- There are more bugs chirping in the morning than birds

- The kids are less interested in the sprinkler and popsicles

- You're less interested in keeping the annuals well-watered

- You notice the sun lower in the sky as you're cleaning up dinner

- The petunias look rangey

- You are no longer shocked that there are back-to-school items at Target

- You start to panic when you see the back-to-school items at Target

- You are excited at that one day when it's cool enough to open the windows in the morning

- You have forgotten entirely what it feels like to walk outside and feel chilly

Here's to the close of a beautiful season...may it hold on for at least another month...