Has Fall Really Arrived?

Hold the phone, stop the presses: Sunday it was 83 degrees here in Fort Worth. That's 2o degrees cooler than it was just Aug. 30; 30 degrees cooler than many days this summer. The windows are open and the A/C is off. This had better not be some kind of cruel joke! After months of being trapped inside and swimming in a warm pool, we were ready to get out! Our first stop was the zoo. The last time it was cool enough to walk around the zoo was when my mom was in town right before Easter, and even then we were sweaty. On Sunday we started backward this time, so we actually got to see the Texas Wild exhibit for only the second time. We saw wolves, an armadillo and touched a starfish. We were there for three hours... three glorious, unsweaty hours. Then we headed to our favorite picnic spot: The Fort Worth Botanic Gardens. After lunch we walked around a bit before heading home for some outside play. The only unfortunate part of this weather is the wind and absence of rain, neither of which are helping the Texas wildfires.