Blog Day 22

Share something seasonal.

Well, today at 1 p.m. will be the autumnal equinox, the passing of summer into fall.  All I have to say is Hip Hip Hooray!  About the only thing I love about summer is having the sun out and about.  The heat I can do without.  I am not worth much when it is hot, and this summer has been especially hot in the north bay area.  Here in Ukiah we had many (too) days over 100 degrees, and many (way too) days with the a/c blasting full bore.  Finally fall has arrived.

My favorite time of the year.  It's time to start burning candles, hunkering down and making soups and stews, buying pumpkins.  Time for applesauce, caramels, pumpkin butter, pumpkin coffee, pumpkin everything.  I love this time of year.  It's cooler, a little overcast most days, almost time for sweaters and slippers.  The only thing I don't like about it is the changing of the clock and the fact that it gets darker earlier now.  It's already begun, you can tell the days are getting shorter as it's getting darker too soon already.  When it is dark outside, it feels like it's time to go to bed, and it's only 8 p.m.  It really does a thing on the psyche. 

I love the fall because of Halloween, and then Thanksgiving, and then Christmas.  I love the holidays and the time with family.  Halloween is a time for decorating the house and the porch, carving pumpkins, making pumpkin pies and yummy smelling breads.  I love, love, love the fall colors, oranges, yellows, reds and browns.  Leaves to walk in and jump in, squirrels gathering nuts.  Babies dressed up in pumpkin costumes, children going from  house to house saying "Trick or Treat".  To me, fall is my time of renewal, like New Year's Day.  Time to reflect on the past months, time to hunker down and "gather" for the fall/winter.  Time to make the home feel cozy and warm, have friends over to spend time with, start thinking about the holidays.

I love the fall time, and I'm so happy that it is here.