Fall has definitely arrived in Denver. The leaves are amazing shades of red, orange and yellow. The sky is a clear backdrop of stunning blue and the mornings are crisp and cool. Emily and I walk Sarah to school each day. We have been watching certain trees' progressions into Fall. The first tree we spotted with yellow leaves is almost bare now, and the maples have burst into brilliant reds.
I don't remember loving Fall this much as a child. Maybe it was because I saw it each year and took it for granted. After having lived for 11 years in Miami as an adult, I now long for and savor each Fall. I know I drive Pete nuts as we drive around town. I am constantly pointing out trees of various colors, leaves falling, blooming mums and pumpkins adorning people's front steps. (Recently I pointed out a brown leafed tree, and Pete informed me that it has been dead all summer).
Anyway, I love it! I decorated our house a few weeks ago with Fall wreaths, yellow mums and pumpkins. There are two scarecrows sitting on my front swing whom Sarah has named Rose and Bushy. The kitchen has gone into Fall mode as well. I have started making those comfort foods that our whole family loves like beef stroganoff, chili and cornbread and roasted turkey. Yum!
With all the things there are to love about Fall - here are 5 of my favorites. What would your 5 favorites be?
1. Einstein Bagels pumpkin muffin and pumpkin bagel
2. Walking on crunchy fallen leaves
3. Pulling out my favorite sweaters
4. Hot apple cider
5. Harvest festivals
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
My favorite things about Fall
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The Cool, Crisp air
Picking out and carving our pumpkins
Going Trick or Treating (we still do this. It's a great way to meet the neighbors)
The wind and sun, when you shut your eyes and let them hug and kiss you.
Pumpkin latte's from Starbucks... half the syrup.
1. Pumpkins
2. The purple ash in my yard turning every color imaginable
3. Crisp air for my morning walk
4. The first frost
5. The first day to wear a sweater
Erin, I didn't know you could get half syrup! Yum. I love pumpkin spice latte's but they are a little sweet for me. Thanks.
Mmmmm, beef stroganoff. My mom used to make that thru the fall and winter, it was a favorite. Unfortunately she's lost her recipe and I haven't been able to find one that comes close. Will you share yours?!
1. College Football
2. Turning the ac off and opening up the windows
3. Hayrides and the corn maze at the pumpkin patch near my parents
4. Cooking and baking all of the yummy comfort foods that are too heavy for summer
5. Burying the girls in big piles of leaves!
1. pumpkin muffins at panera
2. raking the leaves onto tarps and giving the kids rides as we drag them to the curb
3. being able to photograph familes outside in the beautiful colors
4. layering (clothing)
5. Fall festivals and craft fairs
i totally understand appreciating Fall more after being in Miami. i do too! not the allergies that come along with them, but the weather and the colors!
1. Pumpkins
2. Cool, crisp air
3. Color--it's everywhere!
4. My orange fleece vest
5. Apple pie
since i was left behind in miami...
1. going to the beach since the temp is under 80
2. pumpkin latte/creamer/ muffins(from Panera)
3. sweet potato pie
4. hurricane season is almost over
5. thanksgiving dinner!
reminder to self: plan a fall trip up north (or out west) next year.
pumpkin pie.
beautiful leaves.
cool air
extra hour:)
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countless.
Jo
1. Leaves changing- I grew up in Phoenix and missed all that.
2. Cooler weather.
3. Harvesting the garden.
4. Einstein's also, though I've started making my own bagels I still miss that pumpkin cream cheese. Hmm...guess I'll need to see what I can make up.
5. Pumpkin Spice Lattes
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