have a great autumn to follow the summer

It’s very hard to keep thinking autumn. I’m just going to dress warm and continue on and hold the memory of what a beautiful fall I’ve had so far. There is still another month of autumn to go and I want to have it all.

My friends’ newborn baby! I listened to her heartbeat this summer while she was still in utero and finally got to put a face to the sound. She is tiny and beautiful with her Dad’s dark complexion and hair. Holding her makes time slow down and surroundings disappear and for the few short minutes that she was in my arms she was the most important thing in the world. So for as much as I wish summer could have lasted longer, I’m glad autumn took its turn and made meeting my new baby friend possible.

“Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer….Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves.”

“To be interested in the changing seasons is…a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.”

walked to and from work today in the nicest sunshine!! so lovely!
i keep forgetting this goal and getting all stressed out but whenever i come onto 43things it reminds me to enjoy what im doing! take a deep breath and smile!

so how long until we have to start admiring winter? and leave autumn behind us, as a great memory and period of our lives?

http://www.43things.com/things/view/2285801/admire-winter-and-sparkle-in-happiness-for-the-whole-season

focusing on one day at a time. Considering and being thankful of the harvest. I am lucky to live in a part of the world where food is not scarce and autumn is always a reminder of this.

The best thing about this fall was going back to school. I’m loving it. I’ve always thought of autumn as a kind of end and this year I focused on it being more of a beginning. It made saying goodbye to summer easier.

Done so far: Had a really great visit with my brother in October. Enjoyed a yummy Thanksgiving dinner (not sure why Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving in Oct, Americans in Nov). Tasted honey I got at the Farmers’ Market (thank God for bees!). Tried to bake apples but failed (I’m still trying to soak the burnt butter and sugar off the bottom of the pan). Put together a large Halloween package for my nephew.

Currently: listening to more music than usual, laughing along to comedy CD’s, and reading voraciously.

Yet to do: Will meet my friends’ newborn baby this weekend; taste a soup I’ve never tried (summer squash); write in my beautiful fall journal; simmer spices and orange peels on the stove; and dye my hair Sangria!

It’s been the best I’ve ever had and I’m sure it’s an attitude thing. Focusing now on Thanksgiving and planning on spending time making the diningroom more autumnish than grouping it in with Christmas time. I’m separating the holidays hoping it will stretch autumn out and shorten the long winter that waits ahead.

It’s gray and blustery. Had a wonderful fire in the fireplace last night. Watched movies. I’m blending autumn with Thanksgiving. Will focus on the dining room and keeping it autumny not Christmasy. I’m stretching this autumn out. Why jump into winter when I don’t even like it.