The Winds Of Autumn

I woke in the night to the sounds of high winds blowing around our home. The first year we built our home we would listen to the winds and knew that they were high, but had no way of knowing just how hight they were. So we purchased a weather system complete with an ananometer. Now we know just how quickly the wind is blowing by our house. Last night the high wind was 41 miles per hour!

Our house is at the end of a large lake, and in the summer the winds feel refreshing. In the Autumn, winter and spring, they can chill you to the bone. Needless to say I have warm hats, coats and gloves for me, and for the dachshunds, cute little sweaters to wear when their is snow on the ground.

Sunday was just chilly and VERY windy.

So, what did I do on the first kind of cold day that we have had this Autumn? I puttered around the house a bit, and then took a long nap so I am ready for the Red Sox Baseball game tonight.

Yes, this could be it. The Red Sox could win the World Series if all goes well. The fans in Red Sox Nation are all holding their breath. You see we have suffered. All through my childhood “The Curse Of The Bambino” was with us. You can read about the Curse here.

But every child knew, and at the end of every season we watched, even though it wasn’t a pretty sight to see our beloved Red Sox go down in flames! In 2004 the team broke free of the “Curse” and we won the World Series, (The World Chapionship of Baseball) but even now we sit and wait and hold our breath, not knowing if it will happen again.

I slept, I will have regular coffee with my dinner and hopefully I will stay up to watch my beloved baseball team win. If you hear screaming and crying it means that they lost this game, and we have to play another. After all it is the best 4 games out of 7 and since they have already won 3 (way beyond our wildest expectations) even if they lost this game, there is always the next game…for now.