You Make Me Feel So Fall Is Sprung

October showers bring November grasses, at least here in Santa Barbara, particularly at the Douglas Family Preserve, the 70-acre oceanside blufftop where we luckily, blessedly get to walk the dogs off leash each morning. Take a summer of dust, add water, and voila, the earth goes fragile with green. It's one mighty lesson of hope, and so I tread lightly, knowing so much more than weeds wait underneath my boot soles.