Fall's coming

Despite how hot the afternoons have been the past few weeks, the evenings definitely are dropping a first hint of autumn. There's a tiny creek just across the road from me, and when you're strolling by it a certain chill hits your legs. I think the bracing scent of mint adds to the effect. And I've noticed that the walnut tree is already shedding its leaves, and this afternoon I heard the first "boom" of the year as a walnut fell onto the roof. In a month or six weeks there will be a virtual fusillade to awaken me.