Autumn is such a beautiful season. Here in North Carolina the leaves haven’t fallen yet, but they are beginning to develop just a tinge of color and brittleness. The sky is blue and the wind is blowing. It’s not cold enough for scarves, but it’s just cold enough to make soups and stews. Gala apples are more delicious now than any other time of the year (in my humble opinion). It’s definitely not summer anymore, but fall isn’t yet in full bloom. We are in between seasons and I am loving it!

I feel slightly disloyal to my birth season, spring. But please take into account that I’m from Oregon. Most of the springs that I’ve seen have been wet and gray and cold. Also, when it’s not a cold spring day, it’s a sunny spring day, and when it’s a sunny spring day that means hay fever! In Oregon Mom and I always suffered horribly from hay fever. It’s a shame, because a sunny spring in Oregon is just about the most beautiful thing since a sunny fall in North Carolina. Summer, of course, is wonderful. I don’t know why it’s not my first favorite season, but fall is just so hard to beat. Anyway, everyone likes summer. Explaining why summer is so wonderful is not at all necessary. Winter is nice, excepting January and February. There are probably 3 things I like about winter:

1. Christmas
2. Snow
3. Fireplaces ablaze and all the associated cozy feelings

But fall, fall, fall is always full of cozy feelings! October is especially nice because you are past the beginning of the school year and you have your routine down pat. Thankfully that’s the case this year because this October is going to be very busy for our family. Having a routine down pat is pretty much going to be required if we want to keep up. Like Dad said in the post below, we have a lot of scheduled interruptions, but it’s all good. Busy is good!!