Things I Love - Autumn Edition

I enjoy living in a four-season town. Of course, I love summer the bestest--but there are still plenty of things to love about the other three seasons. Which is lucky because I wouldn't want to hurt their feelings.

So...things I'm currently loving about Autumn:

• Using the oven again..
• Pumpkin soup.
• Chile Chicken Cheese enchiladas.  
• Not having to think about creative ways to use up ripe peaches for another whole year.
• Nights cool enough to sleep with a comforter on the bed.
• A crystalline Lilypad Pond.
• Baby goldfish unexpectedly appearing in the pond.
• Noming on golden raspberries every time I use the garden gate.
• Finding flat stones to replace the river rock gravel around the pond.
• Embracing a weekly schedule of chores and delighting in how productive I feel.  And how nice the cottage looks.
• Enjoying our garden and making mental notes for next year.
• Giving the new Halloween silhouette decorations a whirl.
• The beginnings of fall color in the maples, oaks and aspens.  Especially aspens.
• Morning light that's perfect for sewing.
• An ever-increasing pile of quilt blocks.
• Decorating the mantel for autumn.
• Using my upcycled-down (not to be confused with upside-down) pillow forms for the first time.
• Buying new "teacher" shoes to replace my well-worn and well-loved oldies.
• The new LED light fixture in our walk-in closet.
• My newly-reupholstered footstool.
• Yellow chrysanthemums and purple violas. 
• Yellow rabbitbrush.

I think autumn is wondrously beautiful in my little corner of the world.

Bring joy,