The Falling Leaves

Ah, autumn. My absolute favorite time of year. How can you not love it? The crisp air, the beautiful colors, the smells of fireplaces and hot cider.

My favorite month is October. That’s autumn. By November the leaves have all dropped and the color starts to fade. But I also love November.  So many people love summer. I like it too. But it starts to get old. By the middle of September I’m craving soups and sweaters.

Here in the New England/Boston area, we basically have summer and winter, with a month of spring and a month of autumn thrown in for good measure. Maybe. But stick around. The weather will change in 10 minutes!

Here’s my top 10 list of autumn:

1)      Wearing big sweaters and leggings. Now that I can wear leggings I am obsessed with them!

2)      FOLIAGE!!!!

3)      Soups, stews, cider

4)      Fireplaces

5)      Crunching through piles of leaves. As long as there’s no dog poop it’s all good.

6)      Big books. Reading Follett’s Winter of the World.

7)      Down comforters at night and leaving the window open just a crack

8)      Ghosts, goblins and gobblers

9)      Turning the heat on in the car

10)   SCARVES!

There are more, but hey, it’s autumn and so I’m not writing it. I’m going to live it!

Happy October everyone. Have a great week!