Aw, heck, @sueinmn, I wish I'd read your "5 things for 5 senses" Before my early morning walk. Mine was shorter and dismally drab in comparison to your visually poetic walk. However, I was aware of and grateful for the increased coolness and was heartened by the promise of fall. Today is my daughter's 50th b.d. and I spent the walk reflecting on our lives together and the continuing joy she brings to all in her circle. She alerted me yesterday that she and a friend would be taking an early 5 hour hike this morning so I called the g.s. to be sure he and bro had "wrapped" the gifts I'd ordered for her special day and they were at it ...yay!