Beholders

"Did you have a good weekend?" a colleague asked as our paths converged on the way to the main office this morning.

"Oh, yeah!" I answered. "The weather was perrrrfect!"

She frowned. "Don't tell me. You like fall?" she asked with heavy irony.

"You don't???" I responded.

"No!" she replied. "I. LIKE. SUMMER. You know? Hot weather, shorts, baking in the sun by the pool or at the beach? SUMMER!"

"But the light..." I started, thinking of the warm gold of the autumn sunshine and clear blue skies. "The leaves?"

"Nope and nope!" she cut me off. "Too chilly! And the next thing you know? It's winter!"

She frowned.

I smiled.