I've always enjoyed paying attention to how seasonal changes from week to week can evoke different moods and sensations. In spring, each week inspires new plants to bloom, and pent-up energy is released in great bursts. Fall is a time for winding down, and the rolling fog clinging to valley floors serves as a spooky reminder of winter's slower pace ahead. But then I remember the beaver, and how fall is when beavers work the hardest to build a food cache for the coming winter. Squirrels too collect the unwanted fruit from our trees with alacrity. The Katnai National Park in Alaska even has a Fat Bear Week at the start of each fall to humorously track the gluttonous behavior of its resident bears this time of year. So maybe fall isn't so sleepy after all.