Ten things I love about this time of year...

Now, there are so many things I enjoy about the fall, harvest season & the Pilgrims...10 things that make this time of year so indulgent:

Ten.  Pumpkins, pumpkins and...more pumpkins.  Pumpkins serve so many wonderful purposes.  I don't think they would be as beautiful if they were all just orange.  I love that they are cream, orange, hunter green, brownish green, & golden brown.  Even better, you can pick all the sizes and the colors to fill your home with warmth and harvest.  Secondly, pumpkins wouldn't be as intriguing if they didn't be given personalities.  The idea that we carve them in faces and give them characteristics, it just great.  And lastly, what if you couldn't eat the pumpkin?  Think about how much deliciousness comes from pumpkins......pumpkin pie, pumpkin bread, spiced & glazed pumpkin seeds....the list goes on and on.

Nine.  The way you feel sitting in the bleachers at night college or high school football game.  You can't even leave your home without your fleece blanket in one hand and your hot cocoa or pumpkin spiced latte in the other.  You sit wrapped up next to your friends.  You watch as the teams scramble across the field and as you struggle to keep your toes from falling asleep.

 Eight.  Going for a run with Chase on a Sunday morning after church in cute neighborhoods of Georgia.  We pass all the yards slowly beginning to fill with leaves of all colors...gold, rust orange and brown red; watching as the front doorsteps and windows begin to fill with harvest decor.

Seven.  The smell of Apple Cider filling up my home. Apple Cider slow cooking on a breezy fall day with the front door open and fresh whipped cream to top it off is one of my favorite things.

 


Six.  Soups and chili's.  All the hearty soups just seem to fill my tummy right up.  This time of the year I love turkey chili, southwestern chili, Brunswick stew, pumpkin soup and butternut squash soup.

Vince Camuto "Lexine" Boot

 


Five. FALL BOOTS!!!
All shapes, sizes, colors and textures.
















Four. All the Fall festivals... I love that all of the south is filled with fall festivals throughout October & November.  You can find a festival to attend every weekend of the fall if you wanted to.  The people walking around, the leaves falling, all the funnel cakes, BBQ and brats sound delicious!

Three. The harvest decor  You always find corn husks, acorns, pumpkins, apples, leaves, squash and all the decorative wreaths that fill your front door and touch your home.  This is one of my favorite from Martha Stewart. It's rustic, natural and cheap to have in  your home.  I love it and it's so easy to make!

Two. All the pumpkin bread, pumpkin pie, sweet potato souffle & pecan pie

 
One.  All the gathering with family and friends.  I always try to enter into the fall, Thanksgiving, harvest season and Christmas with thankfulness in my heart.