My favorite season of the year is fall {as it is for so many}. I grew up in South Florida where winter and summer looked like one and the same. It wasn’t until I moved to Colorado when I was 18 that I saw the seasons change for the first time. I remember that right after I started college, we drove into the mountains and up through Telluride in late September and I was amazed and astounded at the different colors in the trees. I’d only seen scenery like that in pictures. It’s such a beautiful time of year and one that always seems to bring with it significant change. I wonder what is in store this year?
A Few of My Fall Favorites…
1. This image of an autumn leaf with bokeh lights in the background:
{image from here}
2. This poem by Carl Sandburg:
Autumn Movement
I cried over beautiful things knowing no beautiful thing lasts.
The field of cornflower yellow is a scarf at the neck of the copper
sunburned woman, the mother of the year, the taker of seeds.
The northwest wind comes and the yellow is torn full of holes,
new beautiful things come in the first spit of snow on the northwest wind,
and the old things go, not one lasts.
3. This soup:
Pappa al Pomodoro {Tuscan Tomato and Bread Soup}
4. These movies:
5. These honeycrisp apples {no other apples will ever compare}:
{image from here}
6. This pumpkin beer from Tommyknocker Brewery {this is of course inserted at Justin’s request}:
7. This Halloween wreath that I attempted to make {pics of that later}:
{image and how-to from here}
8. This pumpkin party cooler from the geniuses at Martha Stewart Living:
{image and how-to from here}
9. These pumpkin cupcakes {I’m going to be doing a non-processed version soon!}:
Pumpkin Cupcakes with Pumpkin Spiced Cream Cheese Frosting
10. This yearly tradition we have of pumpkin carving (then Justin roasts the seeds and they are soooooo good).
