Songbird writes over at RGBP:
It's that time of year, at least north of the equator. The windows are still open, but the darned furnace comes on early in the morning. My husband went out for a walk after an early supper and came home in full darkness.
And yes, where we live, leaves are beginning to turn.
As this vivid season begins, tell us five favorite things about fall:
1) A fragrance: A scent of damp leaves while still fresh, before they really get musty.
2) A color: Bright red leaves. We have a maple in the back that is turned already into a lovely red. Some of the leaves on our cotoneaster are going red too, as is our very small burning bush.
3) An item of clothing: I take a fairly pragmatic approach to clothing so have few favourites. For fall though I would guess my old polar fleece jacket from camp.
4) An activity: walking through fallen leaves. I enjoy raking them too, for a while at least :)
5) A special day: I will change this to a special memory. When I was in high school and university we often went out to the lake for Thanksgiving and walked among the leaves and trees...
Our number two is the same, those reds are so exciting!
ReplyDeleteI enjoy the walking, but the raking...well not so much. Thanks for stopping by and the B-day wishes.
ReplyDeleteOur family plans a day when we all work together to rake and bag the leaves. No burning in the burbs. We bag in paper bags for a special yard trash pick up that doesn't go to the land fill. It's good to work together for a common goal, but does get old after the 15th bag or so. Happy fall to you.
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