There is a subtle quality to the light this week and a certain scent in the air that tell me the seasons are changing. Even though the afternoons are still sunny and warm, the mornings are chilly and growing darker. I don’t want to miss the little shifts of the shadows day by day or the late blooming flowers, so I try to take a few extra minutes to notice what is happening around me as summer ends and autumn begins. Last week we harvested the last of the apples off the old, overgrown and diseased trees in our backyard.…