October 8, 2013

Happy Welcome to Fall

This year the autumnal equinox slipped right past me and I didn't even do my usual happy dance to mark the first day of Autumn.  In honor of that momentous occasion, I present a list of reasons to embrace this, my favorite season of the year.  

1.  The colors all around waking our tired eyes from the hum drum of summer with a snap of kalaidoscope hues.

2.  Relief from the sweltering sauna of summer at last.

3.  Refreshing cool rains that bathe the landscape and bring about a vibrant blanket of colors to the landscape.

4.  Soup weather:  beef stew, chicken noodle, tomato, and my favorite:  chili!

5.  Sweater season. Warm comfy socks and fashion boots. And all of the rich colors of autumn in my wardrobe.

6.  Football season, all too short, much like Fall always is.

7.  No more grass to mow.

8.  Leaves to rake.  Piles of leaves to jump in.

9.  Great sleeping weather - leaving the window open at night to feel the chill air in the early morning.

10.  No more mosquitoes or other creepy crawlers that terrorize me.

11.  Bonfires.

12.  Winter coats.  Found money in winter coat pockets.

13.  Knitting projects, so much more fun when the weather turns cool.

14.  Pumpkin bread, donuts and apple cider.

15.  Halloween.

What's not to love about fall, I ask.  If only it could last until Spring.