It’s that time of year again when the cooler weather begins, football weather, pumpkin pie and cider weather, Septembrrrr, Octobrrrr and Novembrrrr. (I’ll save Decembrrrr for a later post.) The brrrr months. My favorite.
For me, there is much to love during this fall into winter season. Not only do I adore cooler and colder weather, but I like the clothes better, sweaters and mittens and gloves. I like the ways in which we cope with the cold and the earlier nightfalls, hot coffee and cocoa, fires crackling in the fireplace, candles burning, baking, baking, baking, curling up under quilts and blankets, the increased frequency of the get-togethers with friends and family to warm our spirits. I freaking love the colors this time of year, the dark red of apples, pumpkins, the burnt orange and burgundy colored mums, the yellow, orange and red trees and the way the evergreens stand out against the riot of foliage. The trees getting on their party clothes again.
I love Halloween, the candy, the costumes of the ones who venture into the night to roam door to door with a plastic grocery store bag or an old pillow case begging for treats on ghouls’ night out. I enjoy decorating the house and having parties during this silly season, creating jack-o-lanterns, putting together menus and baking, baking, baking.
I can’t get enough of this season, but autumn is a fleeting time. The trees glow briefly before dropping their bright clothing to stand bare limbed and the scent of burning leaves is closely followed by the smell of snow on the air. November arrives quickly and we pull out the jars of preserves a friend gave us to spread across warm cranberry muffins, licking our fingers between sips of coffee as we plan Thanksgiving menus or decide what we’ll bring when the family gets together.
There is another thing to love in this season that the long, bright days of summer do not afford us. The way the lighted windows speak without words as we drive down our dark roads toward home. Here’s hoping everyone arrives safely.
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Hmmmm, baking. That sounds like the way to spend a fall or winter evening.
Any time you want to bake, the oven is all yours! I can't wait to taste!
Did I ever tell you about the time I baked CC Cookies and melted the butter so they would mix easier. When the pan went into the oven that batch turned into one verrrrry thin cookie. Tasters beware.
If that's a challenge, I'm up for it.
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