Top 10 Favorite Things About Autumn

1. The beautiful fall foliage. This is a photo taken last year from a lookout tower in Elliot Lake.

2. I like the cool nip in the air. It is not as humid in the fall and sleeping is easier. A nice brisk walk amongst the falling leaves, crunching underfoot. Love it!

3. I like the autumn vegetables. Squash, rutabaga, carrots, cabbage, corn on the cob to name but a few. I love the fruit pies made from berries and peaches and the pumpkin pies! Yummy!
Comfort food at it's finest.

4. Preserves made from the vegetables from home gardens and fruits recently picked. It is a beautiful sight to see a fully stocked pantry of preserves. In our case we have a freezer full of blueberries and blackberries that Bruce painstakingly picked for us to enjoy. Thanks, Bruce.

5. I like the short warmer afternoons that linger into October and November. I treasure them because they become fewer and more far between and that makes them more special. I like to sit out on the patio with a cup of coffee and just enjoy the sun and the mild breeze blowing.

6. I look forward to the new fall television season. All my favorite shows are back and new ones have been added to the lineup. New movies are being shown... all the ones recently on dvd or pay per view are now available on movie channels.

7. The lazy days of summer are waning, but there is a renewed sense of purpose to life. Plans are made for new projects and ideas are flowing. It is a time of inspiration to improve on a way of doing things that perhaps wasn't working. To brainstorm over the coming months and to put into action the following spring.

8. The autumn decorations are heavenly. I love those colors... rusts, pumpkin, mustard yellow and so on. I love pumpkins and wreaths, sunflowers and cornucopia and mini squashes as decoration. And all that Halloween swag! Oh my... ghosts and goblins. I can't wait.

9. Thoughts of Christmas are just beginning to bud. Mostly thanks to the retail stores who are putting out the decorations and advertising far too early.

10. Thanksgiving is an autumn holiday I look forward to. The feast of turkey and all the trimmings and looking back on the past months and realizing how fortunate we are in this country to have all that we do and be able to enjoy such autumn splendor and the changing of the seasons..... Wow!

I am grateful that I am living in Canada.