Fall is in the air. It happened on Saturday. I knew it was coming because I could smell it on Charlie's fur. That's one of the things I love most--and have missed most--about having animals. It took a couple of weeks, however, for the transformation to really take off.
I mean, to be perfectly honest, it was 80 degrees this weekend and we ate chips and guacamole for lunch, which doesn't really say Fall to me. But something has changed. Subtle and tangible. And I am so very, very happy.
I've heard that there are so many leaves in Ladd's Addition, we aren't even allowed to park our cars in the street because the sweeper trucks come everyday. I can't imagine what this place will look like, swimming in an ocean of crispy colors. I can't imagine what it will be like to look up from the sidewalk and see straight through the branches to the elusive blue above.
This weekend I felt so charmed by the world around me that I thought I'd take some pictures of the beginnings of fall and the last vestiges of summer. Inside and out.
These ares some of the things I love most about Fall, my favorite season:
Sweaters, coats and boots (yes, that counts as one thing)
The way animals smell when they come in from outside
Back to school excitement
Soup
Toasted pumpkin seeds
A cozy home
Fresh pressed apple cider
Thinking about Christmas
What do you love most about Fall?
1 comments:
Ahhh yes, the flavors of autumn, your entry has captured their essence perfectly. I not only recall our beloved Lilly, Annie & Oliver frolicking about 1701 with their fur coats emitting this seasonal aroma, but you and your brother as well. Crunchy yellow leaf bits strewn throughout your hair after a frolic in the freshly raked leaves. It does not get much better than this. I love being a Mommy. A Mommy of wee ones, mid-size, and the grand deluxe. It is all good.
I love these things:
Trick or Treaters- Goblins, witches, the Hulk, etc,
Pressing & Consuming apple juice
Riding an ATV through the orchard
collecting awesome Christmas gifts for those I love
Finding horse chestnuts on the ground
The shorter days
sweaters, boots, coats, wool and more wool
being a bit cold and getting warm
Soaking in a hot tub of water
jack- oh- lanterns & pumpkin patches
Gosh, did I say sweaters? I love sweaters!
Tim saying the word "Autumnal" this is one of his favorite words
My beautiful memories, from my childhood and yours, they greet me daily like an old friend, and I count on them.
I think I could go on forever....
I love this time of year
And, I love you.
Thank you for this beautiful prose, it has made me exceedingly happy.
Maman
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