Goodbye to summer?

Summer officially ends September 21, but don't tell Mother Nature. She seems to think it's fall already.

For the last week or so, we've been seeing signs of fall here in the Bluegrass--cool early mornings in the 50s, tobacco in the fields turning golden as it nears harvest, pitch-black nights at 8:30 p.m. Now this: a ripe hickory nut. 

We usually don't see ripe hickory nuts until late September at the earliest. 

All these little signs let us know planting's just around the corner. Where does the time go....