Days decrease, 

And autumn grows, autumn in everything.

–Robert Browning

The decrease of our light-filled days brings us to this day–the Autumnal Equinox.  Equinox means ‘equal night,’ which implies equal daylight and darkness, but that won’t happen until the 25th of September.  On that day–Equilux, or ‘equal light,’ there will be the same amount of daylight and darkness.  What does happen today is the sun rises precisely due east and sets due west!  

After a rainy, stormy night, we did not see the sun rising on the due east horizon.  But Autumn is already growing–the sumac are brilliant red, the ash trees are yellow, and the maples are beginning to turn color.

It’s a chilly day–just 61 degrees–and blustery.  There is no denying that summer is gone.  The pumpkins in the garden are more orange than green.  Every day we hear geese flying overhead.  The yard is strangely quiet as many songbirds have left to go south.  Autumn grows.  Leaves are scattered in the yard.  The apples have been picked by us and the squirrels (mostly by the squirrels.)  Nights are comfortably cool for sleeping.  A cup of hot tea feels good at any time of the day.  Autumn in everything!