Blog-Tember Day 8 | Just Give Me Fall

Today’s prompt: Tell us about your favorite season.  Why is it your favorite season and what does it say about you?

I have been excited for this post!

My favorite season is fall.

If you’ve read my blog over the years that might be clear. You can read about my love of this season and my fall bucket lists here and here.

Growing up I would always ask my mom what her favorite season was and she would always say fall without fall. I thought this was strange because summer was when school was out and you could go swimming. Besides orange has never been my favorite color. Now I feel like I’ve inherited my mom’s love for fall and completely understand why.

Why I Have Fallen In Love with Fall:

I love that school does start in the fall

I love school supplies

  

I’m a huge fan of scarves, boots and leggings

Pumpkin spice everythingggggg

Lighting candles is my favorite

Being cozy 

I love the cooler weather

The beaches are finally empty again

I love a new planner

Pumpkin patches

My husband and my birthday reside in the fall

Fireplaces

The food: pumpkin chocolate chip muffins, chowders, soups, fresh apples from orchards, smores.

I think Thanksgiving is the best. ALL THE FOOD.

The excitement of Christmas coming

Long walks at dusk around the neighborhood with Scott

Traditions

The smell of trees

The colorful leaves

A time to be grateful

My parents have been in town for Labor Day weekend and it has been hot. (like 90 degrees...welcome to San Diego) Still my mom insisted she buy me my first Pumpkin Spice candle of the season. Last night we all had take-out Thai food with my happy little pumpkin candle burning away. :)

I am looking forward to reading all about your favorite seasons! Thank you to all my readers! You have been so kind and precious! 

TWENTY-FOUR | Fall Bucket List

I am so excited for fall and for this prompt! I am an #eagerbeaver when it comes to all things fall so I have already been working on my bucket list. The achiever in me wanted to add more but I wanted to keep it fun and motivating! I just love lists so much. 

Today's Prompt: Your fall bucket list. What do you want to do before winter rolls around?

My Autumn Bucket List:

• Drink a Pumpkin Spice Latte
• Go to a Pumpkin Patch
• Celebrate Thanksgiving with family
• Decorate our apartment for fall
• Spend time in nature, maybe go to a cabin
• Wear something long sleeve without sweating
• Celebrate my birthday
• Try a new recipe, chicken potato chowder soup
• Practice gratitude
• Drink hot chocolate
• Make homemade soap/maybe candles
• Create a healthy rhythm and schedule for working two jobs
• Save money every month
• Get a pedicure/manicure with a fall color
• Blog about fall because I love it
• Be cozy
• Eat pumpkin seeds
• Go wine tasting
• Make pumpkin bread
• Order a yoga dvd
• Go to a fall party
• Have a photo shoot with leaves and scarves with film
• Eat apples with carmel dip
• Send out fall and Halloween cards

 There is it! What are some things you want to do this season?

TWENTY-ONE | The Best of Fall

Sept 21st: Fall Favorites. What do you love most about this season?

I absolutely adore fall so I was very excited for this prompt! What don’t I love about fall?! Living in the Midwest to living in San Diego was a tough change due to the seasons not exactly changing all that much. Everything stayed at 70 rather than moving into a cooler season with crisp fall leaves, chilly days and a need for jackets. However I noticed the small things and I highlight them. When my roommate and I moved here from Minnesota 6 years ago we got super into fall. We would decorate our little apartment with all things pumpkins and cider smelling candles. We would go to Oktoberfest on our street and dress up for Halloween even when it was 80 out. We made it cozy, fallish and festive here even though it’s always sunny and appears like summer. So here is what I love about this very special fall season:

·      Leaves. Even here, the leaves fall and change color. They take on magnificent beaming color of brilliant oranges, reds and browns.

·      THE PUMPKIN SPICE LATTE. Go here to see how to properly drink one.

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  Chocolate-chip pumpkin muffins. Ever since I can remember my mom would be busy in the early mornings on a crisp fall day baking these little treats. Whenever I go home or even if I don’t mom figures out a way for me to have them. (fall care package) I know I could bake them but my mom is just better at it.

·    Fall scented candles. They are the best. Baked Apple pie. Cider Web. Pumpkin Spice. Leaves. Pumpkin Pie. Cinnamon Bun. (Ironically I don’t like pie but I love the smell)

·      The evenings become chilly! Yes, even in San Diego. Once the sun sets you need a sweater or jacket. I take full advantage of this drop and break out the boots and scarves. Of course this chill doesn’t really set in till late October since September is one of our hottest months. But one can pretend right?

·      The Pumpkin Patch. I LOVE PUMPKIN PATCHES. Need I say more.

·      Scarecrows. My mom and my aunts always made scarecrows stuffed with old clothes and vintage overalls and straw. They would put him on our porch to greet our guests. He was also pretty inappropriate.

·      Fall parties. Fall parties are the best. My aunts always decorated their house for fall and Halloween. In college, my roommates and I would travel up to their home, trick or treat with their kids and slurp on their yummy homemade soups and cherish the season. My friends and I would dress up in costumes and gallop around the neighborhood like we were kids again. 

·      Boots

·      School supplies. Even though I am not in school anymore I work at a school and even if I didn’t, pretty sure I would still get excited about seeing school supplies lining the aisles at Target.

·      MY BIRTHDAY. My birthday is in November and I celebrate it all month long. I take it all in.

·      Swimsuit Season is Over. Can I say this out loud? Yes I think I can. 

   Scarf Season Is Here! 

·      Thanksgiving. I love the food. The long tables. I love the family. I love the intentional time to focus on gratitude. Every other year, my husband and I go up to Yosemite for Thanksgiving with his family. It is all things redwoods, cabins and fireplaces. It is the best.

·      Walks around our neighborhood with my husband right before dusk are some of my favorite moments of fall. We can take in our surroundings. We notice how the tress are different. We notice the fog. We observe our neighbor’s pumpkins on their porch, we walk to the monastery and see the gardens changing shades and shapes.

  What about you? What do you love about fall?