Day 22: Change of Seasons August 31, 1861

Its safe to say that fall is officially approaching and I can feel the change is temperature changing day by day. I love fall, its my favorite time of the year, and even though in the fields we dont have too many trees, I love makin them leave piles and jumping into them. Philip would always rake the leave up, and be the one to start the leave fights, I dont think anything will ever be the same with out him. Im hopin that maybe they can come home for the holidays, cuz they are around the corner. These months have been passin by so fast. I havent gotten a letter in a while from Nelson, and I hope I get one soon its been over a month. Hopefully the new weather and fall will cheer everyone up a little, and take their minds off the war. When it starts snowing, we bring out those sleds and have a blast. We need some happy things right now.

~Beth