JULIA SPENCER-FLEMING: This weekend
was the autumnal equinox, but for a lot of the country, it doesn’t exactly feel
like fall, does it? Which is a problem, because if you’re a four-season kind of
person, by now summer has worn out its welcome. The magazines are full of fall fashion,
school’s been in for the better part of a month - even the publishing industry
people are back at their desks! We’re ready for a change, but sometimes Mother
Nature doesn’t cooperate.
So what do you do to force fall? (I’m using the gardening metaphor, in case anyone has visions of me assaulting autumn Rambo-style.) The easiest switch up is clothing. This works for me because by summer wardrobe is a rainbow of brights. I’m still wearing my cropped pants and light tops, but now I’m matching the pink pedal pushers with a brown T-shirt, or pairing the aqua sleeveless shirt with full-length black pants.
I also start to change my house’s wardrobe, as it were. Summer’s white sofa pillows get dark covers, and I exchange my kitchen settee’s white slipcover for a beige and blue floral pattern. (I tried keeping the white on one winter because it looks so good with the rest of the room, but the first time a slush-pawed Shih Tzu jumped up there I knew it was a losing cause.)
How about you, Reds? Do you start cooking heartier autumnal
dinners, or bring in the beautiful flowers of fall? What are your tricks for
bringing the season in, even when it won’t cooperate?
HALLIE EPHRON: Our summer was so hot and humid that this dryer, sunnier weather is a version of “fall” that needs no forcing. Trees are just starting to turn – burnt orange and red leaves against lime green ones. I’ve taken the fans out of the windows because it cools off at night to sleep with windows open. I’m still eating summer salads for dinner but I did make an apple pie with local apples–a sure sign of fall.
JENN McKINLAY: We finally dropped
below 100 degrees here in AZ after 112 straight days of the daily temps being
over 100. I am presently wearing a beanie and a scarf! Okay, not really, but it
was a blissful 69 when I walked the dogs this morning and I debated wearing a
light hoodie. I’m giddy, I tell ya! As far as I’m concerned, autumn is HERE.
Pass me a pumpkin spice latte and a caramel apple, please.
RHYS BOWEN: Count me as one who will not be forcing fall. I dread the thought of dark evenings and short days. I like to wake early to the sun on the hillside opposite and sit out on my balcony after dinner watching lights come on in the valley. This week it was chilly in the morning and I had to find (gulp) a long sleeved T-shirt. Pumpkin spice will never pass my lips but I would agree to a caramel apple. And Julia, I am in awe of someone who changes their decor with the seasons… different pillow covers? The most I can do is put up decorations at Christmas and maybe a summery table cloth.
HANK PHILLIPPI RYAN: Ah, nope, fall
comes as it wants to, but yes, I change, (eventually), the white canvas slip
covers on the couch for loden suede, and I change the throw pillow covers,
too. I love to change the dinner plates, too, from the white ones
bordered by yellow and orange fruits and flowers to the white ones bordered by
apples and plums.
But…NOT YET!
I did switch to hot lattes from iced, I have to say. And agreed, Rhys, pumpkin spice will never pass these lips, either. And no apple anything yet! I am still on watermelon.
LUCY BURDETTE: This September weather has been so glorious that I am all in! But the only thing I’ll change in the house is the bedspread, from a bright yellow etc quilt to a blue flannel with fish. But, like Hank, not yet! I am cooking more soup and fall-ish foods though. And I did roast a turkey for our supper club Saturday. Do you know how hard it is to find a turkey or turkey breast in September??
DEBORAH CROMBIE: We
had “false fall” here a couple of weeks ago, but then it went back to “ugh.” So
no wardrobe changes for me, and still summer pillow covers in the living room
and tropical flowers on the bedroom duvet cover. Soon, though, our autumn
asters will be blooming, then the first of October the pumpkins go on the front
porch and the fall pillow covers go on the sofa. I like to change the plates on
our big dining room dresser, too, if I get around to it!
But the shorter days make me want to cook fall things like soups and casseroles, so last week I made a huge pot of minestrone. Yum!
JULIA: How about you, dear readers? How are you forcing (or faking) fall?
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ReplyDeleteI did bring out a few sweaters and one of my heavier blankets.
I've been gradually unpacking my sweaters, Dru - if the day is going to be cool enough, I pull out the underbed storage bin and select something to wear. The only problem with this method is that my drawers will quickly get crowded with BOTH summer and winter things in them...
DeleteI so understand having 2 seasons of clothes in the closet at one time! (Central Florida reality)
DeleteIt won't happen for awhile, but I put away my shorts and light tees, and pull my wool and cashmere sweaters out to wear with denim and cords. It was so mild last winter, though, that I barely wore the warmest sweaters, and I don't think I wore knee-high boots more than once or twice.
ReplyDeleteThe only decor change I make is to swap out the lightweight spread for a down blanket. As it was 77 overnight, that is all in the future.
My Michigan daughter brought us a bag of apples, and we've had cider in the house for a week or two, so I put away the summery drink stuff.
I could read the post on my phone, but only by rotating to landscape mode, and with great difficulty.
DeleteI always wear my heavy wools and cashmeres in winter, Karen, but that's because This Old House is both expensive to heat and very drafty...
DeletePlease fix the line wrap problem - I (running Chrome on a Windows laptop) can only see text dropping off the right margin mid sentence.
ReplyDeleteAs for fall, I pulled out a sweater and a sweatshirt and had to promptly launder them - I get sneezing allergy to stored clothing. I took my dead hanging plants down from the deck, but I don't do any decor changes. Maybe I'll pick up a mum and a pumpkin for outside. Oh, and I closed some windows!
Also, count me in for a membership in the ZERO pumpkin spice except for in pies at Thanksgiving.
DeleteWe can start a Zero Tolerance Pumpkin Spice club, Edith!
DeleteI will be a west coast member, in the land of no seasons, pumpkin spice especially hot drinks are just wrong!
DeleteIt is 9:30 PDT and already in the eighties headed for 105. I am in central California, technically the Bay Area.
The leaves are beginning to turn, so fall is on the way and it will be sweater time. But I can wait for it to arrive on its own. Soup's on the menu, though there will be no pumpkin spice . . . .
ReplyDeleteI bought a butternut squash specifically to make soup this week, Joan.
DeleteWe had two weeks of second summer with sunny weather & temperatures close to 30C/86F in Ottawa. So I was still wearing my summer clothes. But the weather is changing from today. Light rain & a high of 19C/66F. Looking forward to cooler more fall-like weather!
ReplyDeleteI think we're on the same weather system, Grace. Temps in the eighties last week when I started the conversation, and today the high will be 17C/63F!
DeleteI wore my first fall sweater to a funeral Saturday, and my first turtleneck to church yesterday. Long pants and a Jean jacket when we went out for our afternoon walk. Once it’s October I’ll have some small pumpkins, or gourds, on the front steps, and a bright Chrysanthemum in a wooden Jack-o-lantern holder. I love the colours of autumn but miss the daylight and warmth of summer.
ReplyDeleteSuzette, I realized this weekend that it was the autumnal equinox, and I have to admit my heart sank a little. Six more months until we have more daylight than darkness!
DeleteJulia, I am a very Solar-powered person. Longer daylight hours can’t come back soon enough for me!
DeleteYes--can't read the last part of everyone's sentences.
ReplyDeleteIt's been a very cool year in southern California. 2nd week of Sept we had high temps in the 90's, hot, sunny, muggy. So it's hard to think of fall. We don't have much in the way of seasons. I love fall along the east coast. Would love to do a trip to Maine, VT, NH in the fall some year.
You must live on the coast. Those of us living slightly inland have had ‘ record heat all this year. It was cooler yesterday, only 102.
DeleteHi Anon, yes we live on the coast. 102 - wow, that is "cooler" !
DeleteFirst Anon, please do plan a trip to see us in New England! It's the prettiest time of year here, and because schools are in session, there are far, far fewer tourists around, so it's easier to get in to our Victorian B&Bs and our award-winning restaurants!
DeleteSecond Anon - I see the same here; the further inland you go from the Maine coast, the higher the temperatures rise.
The past 2 or 3 weeks have been the most glorious of the summer: warm, sunny, low humidity. Maybe even the best weeks of the year. But i know that is ending and it will getting colder and darker, but I am in no rush. I have put a warmer blanket and spread on the bed, but no flannel sheets yet and no electric blanket yet. My gas log stove has been lit for chilly mornings but I have not had to turn the furnace on yet. According to last year's calendar I did that on the 24th.
ReplyDeleteJudi, I'm a tad worried, because my kitchen woodstove, which is an important area heating source, is out of commission until after October 15! It needed a section of pipe and some baffles and fire bricks replaced, so my chimney/stove guy took the old pieces with him... and now I have an open hole where the pipe should go from the stove to the chimney! I may wind up turning the furnace on earlier than usual this year...
DeleteFingers crossed for you, Julia, that winter holds off as long as possible!
DeleteIt's been beautiful here, with highs in the 70's (F) but pretty cold at night. I've been tempted to turn on the heat, but haven't succumbed. It's very hard to water the plants when it's 50 degrees out! But I have to do it today! I'm not quite ready to stow my summer clothes. I wore summer pants to church one more time yesterday, but have been returned to wearing fleece in the mornings.
ReplyDeleteOur weather's just changed in a similar pattern since Friday, Gillian. Warm enough to have windows open midday, but throw a featherbed over the covers at night.
DeleteFrom Celia: I gave up trying to sort clothes into seasons. As we say in Maine - Wait a minute the weather will change. But the summer light weight spread is still on the bed joined with a “fluffy” on colder nights. Fluffy is a family term for those throws of poly I think. One grandson still goes to bed wrapped in his fluffy. The heat pump is off from summer humidity taming and the furnace has just had its annual clean and is ready too.
ReplyDeleteBut there are leaves to clean coming soon with touches of red in our yard. And my work for today? My first trip off campus to PT for my four week knee surgery. Thank you to all of you who sent Julia tips from your experiences, I used them too. And thank you for the many wishes for healing and recovery. This is a most successful project.
Celia, glad to hear your 'project' has been successful! May your success continue unabated!!
DeleteSo pleased to hear about good progress, Celia! Best wishes for continued healing.
DeleteKnee power!!!
DeleteCelia, Glad that you and Julia are both healing so well.
DeleteLike Grace, a misty rain here this morning, heralding cooler temps. But the floors are still warm under bare feet, so can't be too cold just yet. Leaves barely changing colors yet, so I'm drinking in the sight of all the lush greenery and storing up the memories for when the trees are bare. Finding it harder and harder every year to let go of warm weather. No changing of wardrobe for myself or the house--after 5 years of safety, finally caught Covid after a colleague came to work sick. "It's just a cold!" What made them think anyone wanted to catch their cold?? Grrrr. All fine except for a headache that won't quit--today I'm going to push fluids so much I'll probably float away! Ahoy, mates!!
ReplyDeleteSo sorry to hear you are ill, Flora. Our neighbor also finally got it, and she's a real estate agent. Makes you wonder. Hope you have someone close by to help with drug store and grocery runs.
DeleteThanks, Karen! I am surrounded by much love and care here--my every need/wish fulfilled! I'm wondering how long I can fake being sick after I get rid of this crap! ;-)
DeleteLOL!
DeleteGo for it, Flora - if the "it's just a cold" co-irker is inconvenienced by your absence, all the better.
DeleteIt's still been in the mid 80s here, though supposed to get into the 70s this week. It is getting cooler at night, and it's less humid so we've started baking a bit. Don't do much of that over summer because it gets so hot even with AC. Since next week is October I'll get out my Halloween scrubs this weekend.
ReplyDeleteOh, I forgot to add baking to my list, Alicia! Yes, I try to avoid turning the oven on during the hot weather, but this weekend I made the first batch of brownies I've baked since the spring.
DeleteTomatoes, bringing things in and cleaning.
ReplyDeleteCurrently have no idea of any other way to cook or preserve tomatoes – of any colour. I will miss them soon (well, maybe not very soon…), but with the fruit, comes the fruit flies. It keeps the new kitten happy hunting them, so I suppose that is entertainment value. Have I told you that she is deaf? Discovered it after we had her a week, and thought she just didn’t have ‘car in the driveway’ sense – but no, deaf. I am learning sign language for cats which only works if I am facing her.
Cleaning – what comes in SHOULD go into a clean space. That works until the real frost sets in and then everything comes in at once. Then I trip over it for a month or six…
Bringing in – mentioned in the above paragraph. Think begonias, 200 geraniums, and all the Christmas cactus. Usually, they come with their own population of boofybugs and earwigs – and as mentioned it does keep Prue amused. It also goes back to the cleaning in prep for incoming…
Clothing – thinking about changing out the sweatshirt. The two in rotation are more holes than shirt, so should invest in 2 new ones. The last one only lasted 14 years – hard to get good clothing now-a-days! The trouble is that it was cut more full, which I prefer for comfort over body clinging… I have washed the usual shorts and they reside on the back of the couch, ‘just in case it is too hot in the afternoon’.
Geriatric Row – lunch has moved inside most days. Afternoon sitting seems not to be happening – too busy or too cool.
So today’s opportunities include – wash living room carpet and get it outside – only did one in August and I have a 4-day sunny window of opportunity coming up. Think of something with tomatoes for lunch and supper. It probably will not be a BLT for at least another 24 hrs. Label pickles and put them away. Oh yes, should clean those shelves… Convince myself that we don’t need any more. Clean garden beds. Clean greenhouse so I can hide some tomatoes in there – with any luck they will freeze and I can legally throw them in the compost. Clean butterfly nursery. There are still 4 chrysalises, but they are getting ‘old’ so doubt that they will emerge. Probably released about 200 this year – let’s hope we welcome them back in the SPRING – wahoo!
Margo, love your posts--and your butterfly nursery! Older nephew gave his son a butterfly nursery (from online) as a birthday gift several years ago. The little guy was enthralled. Every time he spots a butterfly like those, he thinks one of 'his' butterflies has come back to visit!
DeleteMargo, I suggest LL bean for sweatshirts. Yes, they cost more, but they wear like iron and the company is well aware that some of us have more, shall we say, generously sized bodies.
DeleteI got four new geraniums this summer; if you have any tips for successfully overwintering them inside, I'd love to hear them!
Geranium tips: Method 1 - just bring in the pot, and water very lightly and then pop in a cool dark place (take out any spare weeds); bring out in March, water and watch them perk up. You can then leave them as they are or repot or take cuttings. This is not my preferred method as I don't have a cool dark space. (it would have tomatoes in it!)
DeleteI take cuttings - either just break it off and pop it in rooting hormone or break it off and strip off all the leaves except the top one (this scares me - I am not that brave.) That is Monty Don's recommendation. I pop the cutting with hormone in a 2" transplant pot ( I have a gazillion) and then place it in a tray and on the rolly rack, and water as you would a house plant all winter. Some will grow, some will not, but you will have a lot more than when you started. I have fluorescent lights above my plants, but they would do well just on a window sill - that was how my mother did them. Then by spring, you will have a group of lovely young plants to put out in the garden. Unless you are fond of a game of chance, it is a good idea to label them as to colour, but midway through taking cuttings, I tend to get lazy and the labels don't go on - makes the spring exciting! I lucked out and had many orange ones this year - I have no idea who 'gave' me their leftovers last year. Anyway it sure popped the colour of the many colours of pinks and reds and the touch of white. Hope it does well this winter.
A mosquito just turned up! We haven't had them all summer. Also found three unexpected monarchs today - a lovely surprise.
I will look up LL Bean. Thanks
I hadn't thought about it like that, but I am giving fall a little squeeze. I pretty much count down the days until mid-September when "the weather breaks," aka the high humidity leaves. With the current moderate temps, I could still wear shorts, but I prefer wearing long pants.
ReplyDeleteFall in my corner of Maine fell on (drum roll) the equinox. The weather turned crisp, the sky that breathtaking blue, I hiked and took pix. It's my favorite season and I'm glad the temps are dropping. Visions of stews are dancing in my head, and because it's somehow coded into my DNA, I'm getting the urge to bake Christmas cookies. I'm disappointed in my family. I love to make all kinds of cookies, cut-outs, thumb print, stained glass, butter horns. All they want are cut-outs. Sigh.
ReplyDeleteMe too! I am getting the urge to bake Christmas cookies too! Would love some of your Christmas cookies. Perhaps you can share some of your recipes here?
DeleteWe could have a cookie swap blog a little nearer to the season...
DeleteFall came in with a bang here, the temp dropping overnight, rain this morning and so dark I thought it was still the middle of the night when I woke up this morning. I absolutely love it. Now to see if the dog will go out!
ReplyDeleteSend some rain our way, Debs! It's been delightfully warm and dry during most of the summer, and now we're in a drought (which affects the agricultural and garden side of things in Maine, not the ability of people to use as much water as they want.)
DeleteWe could use rain as well - not that I am complaining, but wonder about the water table. I looked down the hill and noticed that the mulberry tree is showing extreme drought which is not good. However, what a flush of berries and apples!
DeleteStarting to feel like the autumn / fall here in Northern California with the air turning crisp. Looks like we are getting more rain, which we definitely need! With the heat waves we had during the summer, the cooler weather is welcome!
ReplyDeleteThought it was the middle of the night when I woke up because it was still dark outside, though that will change with the daylight hour savings.
On the first day of the autumn, I had a cup of Twinings' Pumpkin Spice Chai Tea in honour of the day. Some people are Not fans of Pumpkin Spice, though I love it! And gingerbread spice during the winter season is another favorite.
Diana, I'm not a fan of Pumpkin Spice except in pies and fruit breads, but I have a very soft spot for Gingerbread Spice...
DeleteJulia, you are not alone. I know several people who are Not fans of Pumpkin Spice. I always get the Organic. Type at the grocery shop. Maybe that makes a difference? So glad I’m not the only person who loves Gingerbread spice.
DeleteThe blogger is acting up again. :-( The sentence are getting cut off.
ReplyDeleteThe sentences are cut off at the right end of the screen. I think Blogger is acting up?
ReplyDeleteThank you for fixing the blog so we can read the rest of the sentences. I remember shopping for back to school clothes in August because I always managed to grow inches during the summer.
DeleteThanks to whoever fixed the line wrap!
ReplyDeleteApologies to everyone for the weird, weird formatting this morning. I overslept and therefore didn't know about the problem until way too late in the day! For those of you interested in the technical-ish details, I'm finding working in Google Docs, where this post was composed, and then cutting and pasting it into Blogger, can result in a blog that's five inches high and five feet wide!
ReplyDeleteI reverted to draft, deleted the whole thing (I'm so glad the comments didn't vanish!) pasted the original into a Word file and saved it as such. When I cut and pasted that Word doc - taa daa! Everything is laid out as originally intended.
Thanks for your patience!
Thanks for fixing it, Julia. I was here this morning and gave up trying to read it on my phone.
DeleteOn my blog site, I have found that if I am copying from Google. I have to paste without formatting and that helps so much.
DeleteNo need to force anything here in the Laurel Highlands. We had our typical cool-off, following by Indian Summer. The Hubby still runs the A/C at night - he needs it and I suspect I am approaching "that time of life" because I don't mind it either. But temps are in the 70s or low 80s.
ReplyDeleteChange the house decor? Impressive. The only thing we'll change - eventually - is a warmer quilt on the bed. But not for a couple of months. I did cook the first pot roast of the season a couple days ago.
It is a little disconcerting to have it be dark when I wake at 6:30, but that'll sort itself out when the clocks change (I'll save my "just go to Standard time and stay there" rant for November).
Don't worry, Liz, I can pretty much guarantee there will be a Standard Time/ Daylight Savings Time complaint opportunity the week of November 7th. With three of the Reds in New England, we get particularly grumpy when we Fall Back.
DeleteAs I’ve mentioned in the past, I’m not a fan of fall and winter. I miss the longer days. I hate having to dress in layers. Fall and winter wardrobes can be expensive because so many more items of clothing are necessary!
ReplyDeleteI knew Autumn was here when I had to use the electric blanket last night!
DebRo
Oh, the electric blanket is a SURE sign of impending doom, DebRo...
DeleteHere it truly is fall; there's no need to force it. Ten days ago there was snow in the low mountains, and the night temperatures in Bern then were in the low forties. This past Saturday was all blue skies and sun, but it was still an autumn day (a perfect one) in the low seventies, while today it has rained all day, with dropping temperatures. I'm already sleeping with a hot water bottle, and tonight I'll change from my summer duvet to the winter one. It is time to eat red cabbage with chopped apples and, at least in restaurants, venison. In Switzerland, autumn means game season, including wild boar, hare, pheasant, and partridge, as well as deer.
ReplyDeleteKim, I am literally salivating while reading this. I LOVE German/Swiss cuisine!
DeleteSo happy it's cooler again on Maine coast! Roasting pans of tomatoes,& grating zucchini, for freezer. Making rhubarb jam. Fall leaves& fake pumpkins in porch windows,while inside I have Cosmos,Zinnias,Naturiums & Marigolds.Fall quilt on couch,plants brought inside, 'leaf' throw on chair. And my husband Tom is starting in on Halloween decoarations.Autumn is my favorite tho bittersweet season.
ReplyDeleteI've always thought Maine in fall is the embodiment of all the mental images we have when we say, "Fall." Drucinda. Kind of like how the Midwest small town/farm country is the mental image of "America."
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Yes. But what do you think about pumpkin spice?
DeleteWe're supposed to go back up over 100 this week...sigh.
ReplyDeleteI cannot believe the weather you've had this summer, Jenn. How long until folks start relocating from Arizona?
DeleteMove East, young woman!
DeleteAs a kid in eastern PA, I had plenty of hot and humid days to make that first crispy morning a relief, even if that meant frost on the tomatoes. We remember going to an old bookstore, formerly a coffee mill and broom factory. There was hot cider in its only heated room and about+25 outdoors. The chill, the aroma, and the warmth with good company makes that memorable even after 60 years. Guessing those of you who write have a few of those images of your own.
ReplyDeleteAfter fifty+ years in Alaska, I savor warm days while looking askance at the diminishing daylight of September. It's going to get darker and darker.
I make soup year-round, and pumpkin spice never ever.
Harry M Kachline
Harry, I love your image of the old bookstore! My family and I went to Anchorage for the '07 Bouchercon and had the opportunity to share several meals at the home of a friend-of-friend and attend their Episcopal church. There didn't seem to be much difference in the amount of daylight from Maine at the end of September/beginning of October - until I realized in the week we were there the days had shortened by forty minutes. Forty minutes in a week! By the time we left, even we brief visitors could see the difference clearly.
DeleteIndeed, tempus fugit goes lots faster in Alaska's September. OTOH, Cthulhu still lives in New England, so it's not all bad.
DeleteFWIW, the bookstore was in Tatamy, PA, and I know it was a broom factory because my uncle worked there as a kid, which would have been the late 1920s.
It is all point of view and perspective, I prefer heat to the cold, damp darkness that is New England in winter. Many people that I meet in Arizona and California
ReplyDeleterelocated from mostly the east coast, but specifically New England.
It takes a certain kind to live in New England, Anon. People started moving away from this region about five minutes after Plymouth Plantation was established!
DeleteMy decor change: different dish towels in the kitchen. Spring and summer towels in greens whereas fall winter are red and gold. My thoughts turn to red bell pepper chowder with potato and the last of the sweet corn, some sharp cheddar.
ReplyDeleteOooo, that sounds so good, Anon!!
DeleteI'm with Rhys, I try to hold on to summer as long as I can. So no forcing of fall around here. I'm happy that our temps will be back up in the 90's this week after dropping to the 70's last week.
ReplyDeleteI can see it, Mark. My retirement dream is Palm Springs, and if I ever get there, I'm going to savor the hot weather as long as I can!
DeleteI agree!, I prefer ninties to seventies.
DeleteThe leaves from one of the trees in the backyard are dropping like crazy. It's comfortable here in Lexington, VA with temps in the 60s and 70s, occasionally veering into the low 80s. I'm heading to Texas Wednesday where I'll see 90s again. I'm going to turn off the A/C here and see what I need on when I return in mid October. At that point I'll put up some Halloween decor on the front porch. No fall decor or changes in the house. I'm afraid I'm well past any seasonal decorating frenzy.
ReplyDeleteI promise I don't do it up like home decor bloggers, Pat! It's just with the natural cold (or heat, since there's no AC) in the house, I count on throws and pillows and faux flower arrangements to make it feel more cozy or cooler.
DeleteIn the 80s all week a bit further north, Pat! I hope you have at least a little temperature break.
Delete47 degrees on my last morning as a Minnesotan. Glad I have a long sleeve tshirt and jeans for today. Played spot the southerners in the hotel breakfast area. The man wearing a heavy fleece with a puffer jacket hanging over his arm won the prize.
ReplyDeleteMight have to have some chili and cornbread this week while visiting relatives in Iowa before we take off for our new digs in Florida.
Brenda, that reminds mw of the one and only time we lured my Aunt Calvetta, a life-long Alabamian, up to Maine for the leaf-peeping season. First day, we had to take her out to buy a parka. In the second week of October.
DeleteOops. I thought I'd already commented, but I hadn't. Fall, my favorite season, and Halloween was Kevin's and my favorite holiday. Since his passing, my decorations are Sparse with a capital S, as in several small things. But, when the kids were growing up and even after they'd flown the coop, I was heavy into fall and especially Halloween decorating. I wasn't even embarrassed for people to see how many Halloween Beanie Babies I had. Usually by this time, I'd have covered the living room, foyer, and part of the dining room with Halloween theme. I loved it and I miss it, but while I may never go back to what I did, I think I might be able to do some another fall. I also used to count fall starting when I baked my first pumpkin pie. I remember joyfully announcing to just myself, "Fall has arrived." And, of course, the chili fixing commences with fall, although I rarely cook anymore. I've actually gotten my husband to where he fixes a decent chili. And, our little tree out front has been turning its leaves red for a couple of weeks. Since we had to cut down our big tree out front (a sad occasion for me), I've taken on the little tree as my favorite tree love. The temp today is 72, which is the perfect temperature to me. It's been so hot, but this week, the highest is supposed to be 81. It's rained a lot today, and it's supposed to rain quite a bit this week. I know we probably need it, but it interferes with my certain place I like to go and sit outside. Well, at least it's cooler. Several squirrels seem to be quite busy in the front yard today. Do you think they know fall is here?
ReplyDeleteAnd, I have the best reminder of all to know when it's fall. Kevin wrote a poem as a kid entitled, "Who Said It's Fall?"
Who Said It's Fall?
The goblins did when they knocked on doors asking for candy corn.
The wind did when it whistled and whispered through the air.
The scarecrow did as he stood watch over the farmer's fields.
The fog did as it spread across the misty ground.
The leaves did when they crunched beneath my feet.
The jack-o-lantern did when he smiled an evil smile.
Thanks, Kathy, for sharing Kevin's poem!
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