Goodbye Sunshine

First day of Fall peeps! It's dark and gloomy and going to rain. Of course! In anticipation of what is to come( more darkness and dampness) I am planting delphiniums today if I can. I am buying tulip bulbs, crocus, daffs and perhaps a few snowdrops for a sheltered spot. Thinking about them will shorten the winter months though I do like the weather until Christmas. January and February are for people who can still hurtle down a toboggan run and walk afterwards.
We all stay in and this includes the cat. If it weren't for the swimming three times a week we probably wouldn't go out at all. The cat has no worries about being in. She doesn't swim and exercise is not a thing she understands.
There is something about sunshine that draws you out of your home. The beach has been a big lure this summer. It's so close and so pretty and this time of year very quiet. We tell ourselves that we will walk there as often as the weather allows but we know we won't. The gray skies just aren't enticing.Walking on a beach with wind blowing your eyelashes inside out just seems wrong though plenty folk do it.
I feel gray skies are more condusive to staying in and baking cookies. Had we the wood stove I would be firing that up too and sitting beside it with a good book and Mozart doing his cheery bit on the radio. I know how to handle winter!But I am sad to see the sunshine go.