It Feels Like Autumn!
Summer and Autumn have been wrestling for control for several weeks where I live. We have been going back and forth between balmy, 80 degree sun and crisp, cooler days with a nip in the air. I, personally, love autumn. I love the crispness in the air…I love the bright sun that lights up the days but doesn’t melt you…I love baking with apples and pumpkins and how my house smells when I am busy in the kitchen…I even love the more disciplined days for everyone as we dig into the books and settle in to a new school year.
The autumnal equinox occurs on September 22, 2008 at 11:44:18 A.M. EST. At this time the sun appears to cross the equator from north to south and this is the beginning of autumn in the Northern Hemisphere.
As I was thinking about all of the things I enjoy and appreciate about autumn, I just had to make a list. Anyone who knows me, knows I love lists…so you’ll be seeing plenty of lists on this blog!
Anyway…here is a quick “Top 25″ of things to do in Autumn! If you have any favorites, please post them! I’d love to hear yours as well!
1. Visit an apple orchard
2. Rake leaves and jump!
3. Buy or knit a new sweater
4. Make a wreath out of dry bittersweet
5. Make a pumpkin pie
6. Bake something with cinnamon
7. Buy yourself some “school” supplies – even if you’re not in school!
8. Collect some brightly colored leaves
9. Go for a walk in the woods and observe the changes in nature
10. Wear socks again
11. Wear a hoodie
12. Buy a couple of pumpkins and put them on your front steps
13. Host a neighborhood potluck
14. Fly a kite
15. Harvest vegetables
16. Find a great set of mittens, hat and scarf
17. Learn to like football
18. Drink hot tea again
19. Make homemade soup and simmer it all day on the stove
20. Make hot cider
21. Sleep with the window open a crack even when it is really chilly – burrow under a warm quilt!
22. Make homemade doughnuts
23. Roast pumpkin seeds
24. Take pictures of the changing landscape around you
25. Set out birdfeeders and try to attract birds
