I have been thinking about writing a post about fall for a while now. I started thinking about it when the air in the evenings started to get crisper, and visions of hot apple cider started haunting me.
The heat came on this morning, almost an entire month earlier than it did last year. I find this disturbing because it means that I will be having to pay those high heating bills for an extra month this year. I am hoping this isn't foreshadowing for a really cold winter.
Fall is one of my favorite seasons. I love the colors, I love the air, I love the cocoa. Nothing says Fall like a nice fluffy sweatshirt and a polar fleece vest.
Unfortunately my favorite parts of fall are short lived here. The leaves are great, but the rain has started and soggy leaves don't crunch, they squish. This is the beginning of wet shoe season. Our boys walk to school, and this means slogging through grass and mud, and usually their shoes don't dry overnight. Even when I drive them to school they manage to get their shoes wet somehow in between the back door and the driveway, or at recess. Eventually I will give up and make them all wear boots to school, but for now its too early for that.
Fall is like the entrance to a magical time of year. Its colorful, it brings people closer together, if only to stay warm, and it just makes me feel like baking. Once the weather is cooler baking can serve a dual purpose because residual heat from the oven takes some of the edge off of the chill. This week things like stew, cheeseburger soup and clam chowder have made their way onto the dinner menu. My mind is already turning beyond Halloween and thinking thoughts of Thanksgiving Turkeys and of family visiting. Fall is the beginning of the pathway to the Holidays.
There are times that I think I hate Fall. I would much rather it stay light outside. The darkness Fall brings has always been something I struggle with. Once it gets cold enough to leave a constant edge of chill in the house, I start to yearn towards Springtime. But in between Fall and the new birth of Spring, there are so many things to look forward to. The stress of the Holidays is there, but always there is the magic with it. After missing two Holiday seasons in a row when I was a working Mom, I cherish the opportunities to just think about my little family during this time of the year.
What are your favorite things about Fall?
6 comments:
I love rain.
I love fog.
I love it getting dark early.
I love pumpkin bread.
I love my birthday.
I love candy corn.
I love apple cider.
I LOVE Halloween.
I'm so happy when I can start making soup again, and I start craving sweet vegetables like squash and sweet potatoes. I love cooking and baking. I love wearing those dark fall-y colors. And it stays a little drier over here, so the leaves are fun to play in for a while.
I hear you about the rain and darkness. It doesn't seem as bad this year for me. But then, it hasn't really started yet, so we'll see. :)
I love the autumn. it is my favorite season and the main reason I hate that we moved down here to Miami. there is just something about the smell of the air on that first fall morning, it smells like nothing else. I love that first bit of cool when you think, "wow, I really need a sweater today!" There is nothing that beats a fresh made pumpkin pie or ginger snap cookies right out of the oven. I love baking in the fall because you don't actually need to turn on the heat in the house. :)
Oh, now I'm all nostalgic. Get me out of Miami!!! lol
Hot steamy bath on a chilly night, good book in one hand, apple cider in the other. Mmmm....
I have also been thinking about fall, but because it isn't so fallish here, I haven't written about it. But I love it, too! I don't like the dark, but I love everything else. Yeah for fall!
Autumn must be the best season. I feel so happy in autumn and so much is going on. It's finally soup making season, the leaves and hills are really gorgeous in a colorful display, good tv shows are back on, my daughter is back in school, and I can wear sweatshirts and hoodies again!! WhooHoo!!!
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