But nothing comes close to fall. Fall is when all my favorite things in the world happen. The weather starts to cool down, nights become longer, football season, pumpkin spice lattes, jeans come out of closets, snuggling with a cup of hot apple cider or cocoa or coffee or tea... everything just seems to take a long deep inward breath and a slow exhale as it was usually panting and sweating during summer... now, in fall, we can relax.
I love fall. I love everything about fall. I love the changing of leaves. I love the crispness in the air. I love that I can wear my favorite thing in the world, jeans and not be sweltering by ten in the morning. I also happen to love beanies. And yes, I know people wear beanies in all seasons but I'm just not a fan of beanies unless it's a proper temperature outside and I'm guaranteed to not have a sweaty neck.
Fall is the reward we get for not melting during the summer.
Even foods taste better in the fall. Bountiful harvests start to reappear in the fall. Apples, pumpkins, tomatoes... and so much more. So. Much!
I love back to school. I don't even go to school but there's just such an excitement in the air. I'm all about the new beginnings and possibilities of these beginnings. The daydreaming is finally starting to bear some fruit and the fruit soon to be ready to harvest.
Don't you remember the excitement of the first day of school? Seeing old friends after a summer apart, making new friends, discovering new classes & the excitement about which ones will be a thrill and which will be a bore. Cracking open new (used) books.... I get such a rush from thinking about fall. Yesterday I pushed my babies in a stroller up and down a Staples aisle looking at school products and had the sappiest grin on my face. I love fall.
And of course, how could I forget to mention the Friday night/Saturday morning rush of a football game... did I mention football? Well, it's in my top five of fall loves~ along with jeans & pumpkin spice lattes!
For several birthdays I had friends around the world celebrate at a certain time with drinking pumpkin spice lattes and toasting to my good health! It was a fun fall way to connect with people that I love. See the first year here and second year here and then for some reason I stopped. I'm not sure why. Maybe that needs to change? "Meeting" for coffee is such a great way to connect with friends... even long distance friends. And coffee tastes better in fall. See? It all leads back to fall.
Football, friends, leaves, beauty... I love fall.
And while its true that I live in Southern California where the leaves won't turn till January and we don't have a football team at our nearby school and the "crisp" of our weather is a chilly 68 degrees~ I still long for and love the call of a good old fashioned fall.
I'm off to go google the closest place for hay bale rides.
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