Artful Dreamer

It looks like Fall is really here.  Leaves are changing, it's getting cooler at night, days are getting a little shorter.  Pretty soon it will be time to finish things up outside for the summer and let the plants rest.  I had a thought today; would this be my last week this year to wear my white capris?  That used to be the rule - no white after Labor Day.  Or have we moved on?

Seeing Uncle Rat standing by his fireplace reminded me that pretty soon we'll be lighting fires again and that awesome wood smell will be in the air.  School will be starting in a few days.  I used to love that time of year - school supplies, the smell of new books, seeing all the kids again.  I went to a country school for the first 6 grades (my class had 5 pupils).  It was great!  We had a "furnace" in the corner.   We would put our potatoes on the furnace when we came in the morning.  By noon our potatoes were baked and the schoolroom smelled awesome.  We had little school plays and an actual "rhythmn band" and little uniforms.

I hope you enjoy this drawing of Uncle Rat.  (Does Miss Mousie really need his permission?)