Yes, I stare wide-eyed at the changing colours and breathe ‘wow, isn’t it all so beautiful’ like everyone else. But inside my heart is sinking. I like heat. I like holidays. I like everything being beautiful, green and alive. I’m not a fan of everything getting all...dull. Brown. Dead.
So once March left me (which is excused from my autumn hatred by being my birthday month) I was less than impressed.
However, after some careful consideration, I have decided that this year is going to be different. I am going to love autumn like it was my own long-lost family member. Like it was my own mother god damn it.
And it hasn’t been as hard as I thought. As I have often said on this blog, google has the answer to everything. And so I googled ‘things to love about autumn’ and got pages and pages of reasons. After reading through them, how realised how fantastic this time of year could be if only I celebrated all of things wonderful things that it brought, rather than just the approaching winter.
And really, once I got my own list going, how could I do anything but love it?
Autumn means comfort foods, soups, lots of vegetables, ciders, tights, warm drinks around a fireside, cardigans, glorious scenes of red, orange and yellow, slippers, leaves to crunch in and crisp mornings.
And so in my first celebration of autumn I got my friend to help me collect a big pile of leaves to jump in. It was so much fun that I am going to get a bigger group together to do this again soon.
I have also decided to host an autumn get-together in two weekends (my apartment is too small to ever host a party) to celebrate all things autumn. And heck, maybe even celebrate the approaching winter. Maybe. There’s only so much positive that one girl has.
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then again, it's a lot colder down your way compared to sydney so i can understand why you dread winter.
By obligation, I have to like this season because I am named after it. I prefer it in the south where I am from instead of Utah where we are living though- it turns cold too fast.
Hey girlfriend, your profile pic, is that one of those 1950's photos that you did? Wheeeee..I want to see more !!
It is so lovely to hear about your ever-growing positivity. You are such an inspiration.
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Fall.... Beautiful colors, crisp mornings, corn mazes, pumpkin picking, making piles of leaves to jump in, drinking hot cocoa with a special someone, hay wagon rides, and warm apple pie.... All sound like fall to me.
I hope this year you do find many things to love about autumn!