...Hello Fall

I debated for a long time on what to title this post. A part of me wanted to call it "Hello September" so it would match my post from about twenty days ago Goodbye August. The two are supposed to be a set, hence the placement of the periods. You know, Goodbye August, Hello Fall. It's lame, I know. Best to roll with it. 

One strange thing about Central Oregon falls. When you think of fall, you think of crisp days with just a bite of cool weather, leaves turning a brilliant array of colors. Not so in Central Oregon. We don't really have a "fall." We have an Indian summer that lasts till part way through October, and then it goes straight to winter. The only two seasons we have in Central Oregon are winter and August. At the moment I'm still wearing shorts and tee shirts. 

Anyhoo, it is fall now, and so I shall celebrate that. Here are some things I look forward into the fall, and the colder months that follow.

Hot Chocolate: Recipe courtesy Alton Brown 

I would write the recipe out, but I'm too lazy. Instead if you click the picture you should be taken to the recipe on a separate website.  

Knitting and Crocheting 

 

Don't ask me why, but I always get the urge to knit and crochet in the fall. Not so much in the winter, but my fingers literally itch to wrap yarn around hooks and needles and make things out of it. The picture on the right  shows a pattern I'm actually using. The pattern can be found in Coats & Clark #J27-0014, Weekend Causal. 

Fall Color

If only we got more fall color! I admit, there are a few trees which turn a nice shade of red, and a few trees which turn a yellow, but the main color is brown. I used to like it when the leaves fell more, but I'm getting a little old too actually play in the leaves. Though I still do. Occasionally. I have little siblings, okay!

Pumpkin flavored everything.

Literally, everything.

Fall shows.

Fall cloths. 

Not that I'm particularly fond of fall cloths, I like them just as much as any other form of cloths, but the first few weeks are always exciting, (yes, I'm that vain.)

Those are just a few things I'm looking forward to in the fall. Of course, there are also the typical fall things that no one looks forward to, overly much, things like school. Events and holidays, such as Thanksgiving. Other quintessential Fall things.