Fall Dayz

There is something so refreshing about Fall. Summer is over, but the hot unending Summer days are coming to an end, and at night, the chill has returned to the cool air. It has rained too, a usual custom for the timing of back to school. I can hardly recall a first day of school that the sun was actually shining.

The leaves are turning color and starting to fall. My favorite thing is to drive through the leaves as they swirl downward, hitting my windshield. My moment of bliss is to walk through them in late October/early November when they are piled up and crunchy. Then the wind will pick up. That is another happy moment. To be curled up on the couch with a cup of something warm, covered by a cozy blanket. A book lazily strewn beside you, as you look out at a grey, blustery, rainy afternoon, watching the wind whip the wet leaves around the yard. At night and early morning, the fog rolls in, blanketing the ground like a cozy air blanket.

Then are the smells and tastes of Fall. Smells of cinnamon, roasting pumpkin seeds, homemade soup or stews, breads, apples and apple crisp, All the outside summertime cooking, bar-b-cuing and eating comes back inside, filling up the house with lovely scents of tasty comforting familiar foods. Thanksgiving offers the chance to sample turkey or some other form of fowl.

There are so many farm markets and festivals. Proud farmers that love to show off their hard work and fruits (or vegetables) of their labors. For my mom and myself, it is the start of craft season and craft shows.

Fall is my favorite season. Not too hot, not too cold, plenty to look at and do, inside and out.