First Fall Front

The Georgia Piedmont east of Atlanta has been hot today and our little creek is hardly more than a series of small ponds. That is about to change overnight as the first Fall front of the year moves southeast out of Tennessee. Our topography on the east side of the city has created a micro-climate that almost always spares us the worst of violent weather in the region. I expect the weather with tonight's front will be no different. Few leaves have given up to a waning sun and taken on the colors of the coming season. Still fewer have made the fall, including the vines from my sister-in-law's Missouri prairie farm. I suppose it's in their genes and only time - lots of time - will bring an adaptation to Georgia's endless late summers. Speaking of "endless." here's a perennial seasonal favorite most of us have heard since early childhood. Enjoy.