Transitioning between seasons

This afternoon we put up outdoor Christmas lights.  We do not plan to light them much until after Thanksgiving. Our pumpkin person has both a leaf rake and a snow shovel now. Tonight, PBS is showing the Ken Burns film "The Dust Bowl".  We were interested in watching the movie because we read "The Worst Hard Time" in the spring, and as a result drove through the Texas/Oklahoma panhandle region in the end of June.  The dusty weather we saw then (note the horizon in the picture) was enough for us; I can't imagine the big dust storms.