It’s the green and gold season here at Three Willows at Serenity Valley. The photo doesn’t really do justice to the cascade of yellow-gold leaves rippling through the willow trees, providing a natural approximation of Packers colors here, not far from the waters of Green Bay.
Sunday morning was the fall equinox in this neck of the woods, and I completely forgot. Usually I try to wax poetic about the changing of the seasons, but my mind was on other things apparently. For the next six months we’ll have more dark than light in any given day as we approach and then pass the shortest day of the year, the first day of winter in December. I’ve always thought it comforting that although winter is bitter cold more often than not, at least the days are getting longer as we approach the promised first day of spring.
The growing darkness is a marvelous metaphor for the election season in general. I’ll stop there — I have already broken my pledge to avoid writing about politics too many times.
On the subject of green and gold, we Packers fans have growing optimism as our new backup quarterback, Malik Willis, has done a wonderful job stepping up to the plate after starter Jordan Love tweaked his knee on the third-to-last play of the season opener. No doubt some folks are researching Super Bowl tickets after our boys’ 2-1 start, and they do look mighty fine.
On the subject of stepping up to the plate, the Milwaukee Brewers surprised us all by winning their division this year, which was advertised as one of those “rebuilding years” you hear about. Our hearts seem destined to be broken at some point, of course: The Brewers have never won the World Series, and in the one Series they did reach, they lost games six and seven after having a 3 games to 2 lead in 1982. I haven’t paid much attention this year, but it seems they’re a very good team.
I do enjoy autumn, which is not too hot and not unbearably cold most years. And it’s the green and gold season, after all.
