Welcome Autumn! (?)
Summer is now OFFICIALLY over. Autumn is here. It's
time drink our pumpkin spice lattes, pick apples and put up Halloween
decorations. (Ok, technically, according to Bfth regulations you shouldn't put
up Halloween decorations before the 30th; unless you are my neighbor who is
CRAZY about Halloween and also works crazy hours as an EMT/Firefighter.
Because of this, I give him a BIG PASS. No one else is exempt!)


I also love
crisp apples. (Preferably golden delicious with a side of cheddar cheese.
YUM!) Apples this time of year have that special smell, texture and
taste that I only can seem to find in fall. Paired with a good glass of
wine, how can you go wrong? (Cranberry wine is a winner in the autumn
too.)
Warmish days and cool
nights are the best part of the season, or at least the early part of it.
(Which is why the ONLY thing I DON'T like about autumn is the fact that
as the season winds down, the weather gets cold and sometimes even snowflakes
fall. The reminder of the winters to come, is the one thing that makes me
dislike the season.) Who doesn't like to snuggle under a warm blanket?
Or throw on a warm sweatshirt in the morning, only to peel it off mid-day
as the sun warms the earth? It's time to turn off the air conditioning,
open the windows and let the cool breeze come in. (Of course as I write
this, it's supposed to get into the upper 80s today and tomorrow will feel like
90? This is autumn in the mid-Atlantic region???) At last my
electric bill will go down! (At least until we put up those Halloween
decorations and plug everything in...Then that bill will go up, up, UP again!)
Autumn is a time
of change. Embrace it and ENJOY it!
We have 90s here the whole upcoming weekend so I just can't quite embrace the "Fallness" yet! Maybe soon.
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