While I still pine for the cool breezes of the Flint Hills, the crunch of the dried leaves underneath my feet on my afternoon runs in Annenburg park, and trips to Radina's for a hot chai after a brisk day on campus, I am somewhat satisfied by the Florida fall that we have begun to experience. Being able to snuggle up next to our fire and wear our fleece jackets on morning walks with the pups definitely makes me smile. I find myself getting so nostalgic around this time of year I believe because I still transcend my mind back into the days of my childhood picking apples from Greenbluff orchard in Washington, raking leaves to pile and then playing in it, and the beginning of the holiday season of baking and creating. My mom always managed to keep us girls busy making things to decorate our home and baking cookies and goodies that filled the house with this wonderful scent of fall-cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and apples. Yum. I can almost smell it just dreaming about it.
Halloween has come and gone, the grass is beginning to turn and it is during this season post-summer that I really feel I do come alive. Phenomenal how I can find so many things that I love about Summer and then turn around and find so many unique things that I love about Autumn. Nature really is miraculous and in my opinion really begins to show it's true colors during this season. So here's to many evenings of having hot cider by the fire, chilly walks on the beach with the pups and plenty of holiday entertaining to be done in our new pad!
First fire of the year!
She's smiling in this one!
Best buds.
So stoic.
