It's that "in between" time of year

It's that odd, in-between time of year.

You can go outside in short sleeves, but not once the sun starts to go down. The leaves are turning color and falling.

We stopped for gas tonight as we were coming home from the grocery store and when I went inside to pay, there was a display of stuff that you just might need. Impulse items. The funny part was that they were all on the same display. Only at this time of year in New England would you see the following list of items in the same display space:

-sun screen
-windshield ice scrapers
-bags of charcoal
-lock de-icer
-bug spray
-collapseable car snow brushes

It's like the little store has to be ready for whatever tomorrow morning brings, be it 80 degrees and sunny or be it a surprise snow storm.

For the record, it is supposed to be 55 degrees and partly cloudy. We are planning on going apple picking over in Vermont and dropping by the fall social being held by the Woodland Confederacy a few towns to the south of the orchard we are going to. It's that time of year where it's a crap shoot, maybe it will be 55, maybe it will be 75, maybe it will snow!