And with a gust of wind . . .

And with a gust of wind autumn has arrived. During the middle of the week it was still humid and warm as it rained but today it was chilly and blustery. The gusts of wind were so strong today that the power went out at work. We were operating in the dark, which was amusing to say the least. We had brought in our usual welcome sign, Mitten Man, earlier in the day because he'd had two rather unpleasant encounters with the pavement, he biffed it and biffed it good. So, from the outside with the lights out we looked closed. People kept walking in and saying, "Are you guys open?" or worse, "Are you guys going out of business?" The smart-ass in me wanted to retort, "Um, did you read the sign on the door that says OPEN?" Needless to say I restrained myself. Business had to be conducted in the old fashioned way though, hand written receipts and the big clunky credit card imprinters. One customer gleefully announced upon seeing the credit card machine, "Whoa, I haven't seen one of those in like 15 years when I used to go shopping with my mom!" Shopping for yarn in the dark isn't very productive though, unless you know exactly what you're looking for, which is rare except for the most disciplined of knitters. Thankfully the power was back before the end of the day. I had a chilly and windy walk home from work. It's a pleasant sort of chill when the sky is the color of navy blue velvet and lined with the palest shade of orange. It makes me want to curl up and knit a cozy sweater to warm up my chilly limbs but leave just the tip of my nose still a little wind chilled. And so sweater season has officially arrived too.