It is something all five of us find ourselves saying often
lately. Coming into the home stretch of
our one year mark we are doing the last yearly celebrations for the first time
here in India. Being from the Midwest
autumn has always been colorful, sounds are crisp and air is chilled. While we lived on the west coast for some
time and really loved winters there in comparison to the Midwest winters, we
always missed the colors and feel of cool air and crunching leaves beneath our
step. We find we are really missing that
here too. Autumn is lovely in the
Midwest and family and friends there always make it warm and cozy to remember. This week in particular we have missed the
scarecrow festival, the long four day weekend, the smell of the crab apple tree
blossoms from our yard and the excitement of decorating for Halloween. We have very little for decorations for most
of the holidays but I apparently packed nothing for Halloween and
Thanksgiving. Probably because I was
using it when the moving truck came to take everything at this time last year. I must have decided to just store the items. I really don’t remember those details but we
do miss it, the fall in the Midwest. And
we miss you.
Autumn in India or in Delhi anyway is much like late summer
in the Midwest. Warm, sunny, a few
scattered showers now and again. Power
goes out more often here than in the Midwest.
It has been happening at least once a day. Battery operated clocks are the way to
go. Our kitchen stove clock has not been
set in months. I leave it flashing at
12:00 rather than set it so often I would wear out the buttons. Strange what a change in location can do for
a person. Leaving my clock flash on
12:00 would have made me crazy in the past.
Some of you reading are trying to figure out a way to make it stop
as you read this, I can tell, it would drive you crazy too. But we all choose our battles and stopping
the clock is not a battle I choose for today.
With all the rain and puddles from the monsoon season which is thankfully drawing to
an end, there are potholes everywhere in the roads. It is more understandable why a person would
choose to own a large Scorpio vehicle, one like a jeep, as an in town vehicle
of choice to maneuver the rough roads of Delhi.
Areas are beginning to dry up now that the rain is not so heavy. Grass is beginning to show signs of little
rain and more tree foliage is scattered on the roads and walkways but there has
never been the color we see in the Midwest. Just magically, now you see it now you don’t
but in reverse. Temperatures are still
in the low 90s as our highs and lows in the low 70s so the weather really
feels like late summer without the humidity.
We haven’t done a full circle around the sun yet but it is getting
closer and I really think this is a good time for you all to plan visits for
Delhi. Water is fine, hop on in.
