Autumn Anticipation
Ah, autumn. Sweet, sweet fall season. How I love this time of year. Or maybe I should say “that” time of year since it really doesn’t feel like fall yet here in Tennessee.
Even though it’s September, it’s still so warm outside during the day. Yesterday it was 91 degrees! I long to feel the crisp, cool air that is so characteristic of autumn in the mountains of Virginia where I grew up. I love when I need to wear jeans and a lightweight jacket in the afternoon. I love when I go outside in the morning and the air is cool and the sun illuminates the beautiful fall foliage.
Most people grumble when the leaves start to fall from the trees in their yard. They hate the thoughts of having to rake them up to keep them from killing the grass. Not me! I have a beautiful red maple in my back yard and I look forward to the days when I can rake all the leaves into a big pile and watch my boys jump in them over and over. Jumping in the leaves is one of my fondest childhood memories.
I love to see the vibrant mums, hay bales, and fodder that adorn the lawns in my neighborhood. I like to drive by and see a happy scarecrow sitting in someone’s lawn. And don’t get me started on the pumpkins and gourds! I am itching to decorate my front lawn already! I will hold off for a few more weeks, though. We have some traveling to do before I get everything set up in my yard. But I seriously cannot wait. I will be dragging my wreaths and baskets of artificial foliage out of the attic soon, though. I don’t have to wait for those, thankfully.
I love the smell of fall. Do you know the smell I’m talking about? The smell of the leaves. The smell of pumpkins and spice. The smell of spiced cider and candy apples. I love it! Last week, I went out and bought a bunch of the Febreeze autumn line of air fresheners – harvest spice, cranberries, autumn leaves and crisp. My house smells so yummy!
After looking back at my menu and grocery list from this past pay period, I couldn’t help but laugh. I bought stuff for chili beans, beef stew, and soups. I’m cooking for cool weather already! I love to make stews and soups and cornbread muffins when the weather gets cool. I’ll have to share some of my favorite recipes with you here soon.
I could seriously go on all day about all the things I love about this season, but I won’t. I’ve gone on long enough. I am just getting so impatient! Waiting patiently is not my forte.
So, how about you? What is your favorite season? What do you like about it so much? I’d love to hear from you.
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I have to vote for spring. That was sealed up for me after living in Brooklyn for a year, and the winter was sooooo long and sooooo cold and sooooo DIRTY! It was such a reawakening to watch the city thaw out and start fresh, and SMELL so much better. (Sometimes the garbage would pile up in a snowstorm because they convert the garbage trucks to snowplows in the winter….think about that for a minute…)
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