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| Alee |
Posted - Aug 31 2007 : 08:50:24 AM
It is still hot and muggy out, here in Moscow. But the nights are starting to get colder and a lot of the green grass is yellowing. Certain mountian plants that are always red are now the most visible plant which gives a seasonal foreshadowing of the leaf change to come.
I love fall- the smells, the colors, the warm cuddly hoodie sweatshirts, the meals, and the slowing down of the hurried pace of summer.
This winter will be the first winter where I get to stay home! I am so excited! I am going to have so much to do, though. I have Nora and the house to look after which is a full time job in of it's self.
One of the things that I am really looking forward to is doing all the "farmgirl" things that I haven't been able to do during the summer. I am looking forward to warming up the house with baking bread and taking the time while Nora naps to work on embroidery or quilting. I think this winter is going to be amazing!
Alee
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| kitchensqueen |
Posted - Sep 11 2007 : 10:23:56 AM
My FAVORITE season! I LOVE fall! Cable sweaters, knee socks, corduroy, jackets and scarves... and the food is so good. Casseroles, stews, crockpot stuff, cider. And I love the crisp mornings, falling leaves and harvest-- preserving and the trips to the pumpkin patches and orchards. It's finally getting cool here, so I'm very excited.
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| Nance in France |
Posted - Sep 11 2007 : 08:36:22 AM
OOOH! Got a great minestrone recipe.....REMIND ME by email early in October when I am home! Don't have the cookbook here in France, but it is a good one. I have actually had Italian women ask for it, so you know it ain't half bad. Love, Nance |
| paradiseplantation |
Posted - Sep 11 2007 : 08:24:40 AM
The temp here has been hot and muggy. Last night, it rained, and is supposed to be the front runner in a cool snap. Tomorrow and Thursday it's supposed to be in the 80's. I'll rejoice in that, but it feels like just a teaser. I can't WAIT to see the cooler weather come in. I've got a bench by my pond that I'll park my little self on, be able to stroll through the woods without worrying about stirring up a nest of moccasins on the creek or rattler's in the woods. Oh, yeah. I'm ready for fall! My mouth is already watering for homemade soups and fresh baked bread. In fact, any of you who have some good soup recipes, I'm searching for some! I'll post it in the kitchen section, too. I'm willing to swap out recipes -- got a bunch for bread! Let me know. Email or post it, either way.
from the hearts of paradise... |
| DeeDee |
Posted - Sep 10 2007 : 11:56:32 AM
Oh yes fall has definitely come to Wyoming. It was in the low 40's this morning here in Green River. I didn't know until I read your post that you got married in Wyoming. Congratulations again on your wedding. |
| levisgrammy |
Posted - Sep 10 2007 : 11:29:58 AM
Amy,
lol...just to spite. That way things go for me it would just get hotter. I am ready for fall I wish it was ready for me. Oh well, I guess too soon we will be complaining about how cold it is. .....maybe
"The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof and all that dwell therein."
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| nitere |
Posted - Sep 10 2007 : 09:57:32 AM
i am so ready for fall! it is still so hot and humid here in atlanta. i am thinking of baking a pumpkin pie just out of spite 
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| Alee |
Posted - Sep 10 2007 : 08:47:58 AM
Well I think fall is here in Wyoming! We had to have a fire going at my wedding and we all dozed in front of the fireplace last night. I wonder what the weather is doing in Idaho right now!
Alee
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| Annab |
Posted - Sep 04 2007 : 06:26:44 AM
Fall colors and the crisp snap in the air is why hubby and I wanted to be married in October.
But no, we aren't really ready for it. The hot temps are far better than bitter cold, layers of clothes and wet, muddy feet and paws.
It so sad to see our tomato skeletons hanging limply and all the weeds that took over where summer's abundance once grew.
We planted 300 collards and 48 broccoli 2 weeks ago. Even in the heat a tiny bit of watering has the little plants looking good. Turnip and spinach seedlings are already up too.
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| Leezard |
Posted - Sep 04 2007 : 05:46:48 AM
Fall is my favorite season as well! I love the cooler weather, getting to wear jeans, sweatshirts and sweaters. It's been easy to tell that it's coming because of the way the sunlight is coming in at a different angle and the crispness in the air in the morning and at night-it's still warming up over 80 during the day. I'm lucky to live in Michigan where we get the leaves changing colors and I always look forward to watching that event each year. My parents hold a "harvest party" each October as well, it's something that family and friends have come to look forward to and everyone has a good time. We have a potluck dinner, a bonfire, a hayride and a lot of chatting.
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| mellaisbella |
Posted - Sep 04 2007 : 05:13:12 AM
Jenny, I thought I was the only one that liked winter;)!! I fo love fall also. I love everything about it....pulling out sweaters, getting the wood ready, making pickles, picking apples in my orchard .......I also like that most all of our farmer friends aren't quite as busy so we have people over more and go visiting more, it is a great time of the year!!!
"learn to watch snails" SARK |
| AFMom |
Posted - Sep 04 2007 : 03:58:24 AM
Hi Girls,
I am so excited about Fall coming this year....actually I think it is happening now because I am writing this at 6:52am and it is 54 degrees....I love it. No more AC and no more bugs....yeahh!! But the more important reason I am excited is because we are in the country and fall is always super in the country. Many farmers are already selling their pumpkins...
Autumn has always been my most favorite time of the year. I love everything about it, the cooler weather, leaves changing, decorating, the holidays (Halloween and Thanksgiving), hiking, cooking fun sweets that I just don't in summer, sleeping with the window cracked, the smell of smoke from chimney's in the air..oh, an I cannot forget my all time favorite movie that I still force my kids to watch..."It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!". Fall gives me second wind....it is my Spring...that sounds odd I know, but that is me! Happy Fall everyone!
Erica:) |
| Libbie |
Posted - Sep 03 2007 : 10:00:43 PM
Autumn ranks right up there for me, too, as my favorite season. There is something about the excitement in the crispness of the air that you just can't find any other time of year. I also think of it as a sort of new year - when I can review the gardens, pasture, "land," etc. for what worked and didn't work so well - and the same with my life, too, actually! I guess autumn is really more of my "new year" thank January!!!
XOXO, Libbie
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| mikesgirl |
Posted - Sep 03 2007 : 7:23:27 PM
I must be in the mood for fall - if you read my post about my productive and enjoyable day you'll probably be able to tell I love autumn. |
| Annie S |
Posted - Sep 03 2007 : 7:07:07 PM
Love the fall too. In fact the Aspen leaves are turning yellow now in the high country of the Black Hills. It's beautiful here in the fall. Still have a lot of tourists driving through the Hills enjoying the colors and scenery.
But in some ways I miss walking through the maple tree leaves of Minnesota in the fall and raking them up into piles and jumping into the piles with the grandkids. Where we live all we have are pine trees around us now, so no raking.
Fall also puts me in the mood to bake anything, especially breads of all sorts.
Molly, used to live in Gold Canyon down there in the winters for a number of years. Have friends that winter in Queen Creek.
Peace and love,
Annie |
| jennym |
Posted - Sep 01 2007 : 06:32:10 AM
Oh, I just love fall! It's absolutely my favorite season. My birthday is in October (although this one is the big four-oh, so I'm not looking forward to that so much!), and my son's is the day after mine. By this time of year I'm more then ready for an end to the hot humid days. The first day of cool temps and fresh air is so wonderful! I love the fall colors, the cool weather, the cozy clothes, getting out our down comforter and mattress cover which make our bed feel oh-so-heavenly, the smells of the leaves on the ground and the leaf piles being burned (although we save all ours for compost!). I love the fall activities like picking apples and making homemade applesauce, visiting corn mazes, hay rides....I love opening up the house and having the fresh air replace the stale air-conditioned air, and sleeping so comfortably at night and waking up to crisp mornings....ahhhhh.
And of course it's all the lead-in to my next favorite season - winter!
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| KYgurlsrbest |
Posted - Sep 01 2007 : 06:30:58 AM
Shiraloo, when you said, of course, this is the first day of Spring in Australia, it made me laugh. I love Spring, but I don't wanna go back because of the summer that came after it!!!
So many birthdays so close to mine! I'm the 20th of October--when I was a kid, I was the only name on the pumpkin bulletin board, all through elementary school, so my mom always brought halloween cupcakes and things to share with my class.
Denise, the smell of the heater really is my childhood, I think, and in the winter, whenever I smell something burning, I always check the soles of my shoes--my gran's registers would get so hot from her coal furnace, that it would melt your rubber soles!!!
Linda, I'm sorry too, about your daughter. I'm sure she is up there, waiting for them to change. Hope the leaves are brilliant this year, where you are.
"She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
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| junkjunkie |
Posted - Sep 01 2007 : 05:55:26 AM
Fall have always been my favorite time of the year. I love that at the end of August, the nights start to get a little cooler and everything starts to mellow. My garden is overgrown now, so I'll have to start cleaning it up and putting in some mums and astors. I love pumpkins and gourds and go a little crazy buying them! They seem so sculptural to me. I love the colors and the richness of the season when temperatures start to get crisp. Also, it's a good time for flea markets and antiquing...not to mention house tours. I'm a voyeur...I admit it! September and October are the best!
"To have life in focus, we must have death in our field of vision." Benedictine monk John Main |
| Shirlaroo |
Posted - Aug 31 2007 : 9:48:40 PM
Oh! Autumn over there sounds so beautiful. How fun it would be to jump into a huge pile of leaves. We don't have many trees that loose their leaves in Australia. But boy, is Autumn welcomed after our long hot summers. Of course over here, in Australia, today is the first day of Spring. Spring is my favourite season.
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| ddmashayekhi |
Posted - Aug 31 2007 : 8:49:07 PM
I'm anxious for a cool, brisk, autumn too. I shudder to think what our next electric bill will look like. It has been an awful summer here in IL. Humid, hot, rainy, humid, hot, you get the picture. I can't wait to make a big pot of chili!
Dawn in IL |
| levisgrammy |
Posted - Aug 31 2007 : 6:35:41 PM
Here,here Molly. I too am looking forward to a lower electric bill.
I love fall. My very favorite season. Love hauling ouut those big old sweaters and my flannels for sleeping.
And Jonni I thought I was weird or something for liking that smell the furnace makes the first time it comes on. Just something about it, maybe a good memory from when I was still a kid. I figure if someone else likes it then I am not weird. :)
Linda, So sorry about you losing your daughter. I'm sure it must be a very difficult time for you each year.
My daughter's birthday is the 19th of October and she never liked her birthday being in the fall. On her 19th birthday(she's 23 now) she had a masquerade party and at one point during the evening there was a lull. I suggested they dunk for apples and she thought sure everyone would think I was nuts... but lo they all thought it was a great idea and they had a blast! So now every year she wants to have a masquerade party. Except this year they are doing it in December for her brother's 20th. She says she likes fall now but she loves summer best.
"The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof and all that dwell therein."
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| newmomma327 |
Posted - Aug 31 2007 : 4:57:16 PM
I too am an October birthday girl and being close to Halloween (the 25th) I always tried to get a Halloween themed party going. This year I'm so excited to share the fall/halloween/apple picking/hay rides/pumpkin carving with my little daughter. Last year she was still a little one just kind of being carried through the festivities but this year with her running and talking I know she's going to have a blast. Anyone started on costumes for Halloween yet? I'm thinking she's going to be Snow White and I'm trying to get her big brother and dad to be one of the dwarfs. |
| willowtreecreek |
Posted - Aug 31 2007 : 2:15:36 PM
It was actually cool this morning! 71 degrees and no humidity! I LOVE fall and can't wait!
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| a rose |
Posted - Aug 31 2007 : 1:55:23 PM
Well ladies, the leaves have started turning colors here and yes Fall is pretty but I dread what comes after it. My daughter Lisa loved Fall and she died October the 12th 1996. It was a beautiful colorful day that day and I felt bad that I couldn't get her to the window to see the colors. She was 32 when she died of cancer and I bet she is waiting for the colors to change even now.
Remember me as a rose. |
| KYgurlsrbest |
Posted - Aug 31 2007 : 12:55:46 PM
Tasha, that was so eloquently put. I don't feel I have much more to add except that I don't love Rob, but I'm sure I would really think he was great if I met him!
I was born in October (Houdini and I share a birthday, and also the day Edgar Allen Poe passed). Since before I can remember, my birthday was celebrated with pumpkin something...cake, cookies, whatever, and I've always gotten something decorative or to wear that identifies with fall for my day. I have quite the collection!!! I love the colors and the fabrics and the warmth. I LOVE the smell that occurs when you first turn on the furnace. It reminds me of school days all over again, when I would sit over the register with my gown pulled over my legs to trap the heat.
Yay! Can't come too soon for me, but I fear with the drought we've had, it won't be such a pretty one this year.
"She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian. |
| mima |
Posted - Aug 31 2007 : 12:52:22 PM
Fall is my favorite time of year too!!! |
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