FAST FALLING FALL

This year in the Norwest, mother nature took the calendar seriously. The Autumn equinox began September 21 at 1:30pm.  Although we have been enjoying lovely summer weather with relatively hot days (for us) and warm nights that allowed lingering on the deck long after nightfall, at exactly 1:44 pm on that day it started to rain and continued to do so for the next 3 days.  Even though today the sun has re-emerged it began with a crisp morning, lovely warm mid-day fading to a cool evening. It is back to sweater time.

Autumn is my very favorite season in the Northwest.  The colors are gorgeous, the cool air invigorating, the sun is out most days, but with just enough rainfall so that I don't have to water my newly planted grass seed.  We are still a long way from a frost, but a fire in the fireplace in the evening feels good. 

There are certain landmarks that signify the arrival of fall at our house. I made my first pot of homemade soup for the season. I bought pumpkins to decorate the front deck. I wore boots to church on Sunday rather than bare legs and sandals.  Which also means that my razor is officially retired for the next 9 months- no more shaving my legs.

 The change of the seasons means it is time to freshen my pots on the deck.  In fact I have changed them out all together.  I have replaced my black chairs with my newest scavenged white wrought iron ones I got at a flea market and repurposed into planters.

I am so looking forward to cool evenings snuggled in front of the fire with a great book and a cup of hot chocolate.