Squall

Strong frost and temperatures in the upper 20’s made it clear this morning that Autumn is ageing, unable any longer to maintain the warm, soft demeanor it had been presenting with few exceptions since Summer.

Than it happened – lunch was interrupted by weather rattling on the metal roof. A glance outside confirmed – the season’s first squall! Yes, most of the precip could be considered sleet, not fully crystallized, hard, stubborn, un evolved; a stern texture when compared with the myriad of instances of mid-Winter cold dry six pointed perfection one can observe on jacket sleeves, or as a favorite abstract pattern known as “Snow Flakes on Black Lab Coat”.