October, baptize me with leaves! Swaddle me in corduroy and nurse me with split pea soup. October, tuck tiny candy bars in my pockets and carve my smile into a thousand pumpkins. O autumn! O teakettle! O grace!
― Attachments
Hello dear October… long have I loved you! The show you put on for all the world to see with chilly mornings, changing leaves, that first frost you wish for to kill the plethora of mosquitos… writing all these things down seems a bit silly with the return to summery 80’s we have forecast for this week, but a girl can dream… right?
I confess, I do like the return of a bit of pumpkin spice…although I prefer my own to the über sweet versions found at the drive-up coffee spots. All summer long I drink iced coffee… but I love the return to chilly mornings with a steaming mug of coffee with frothed milk and a dollop of pumpkin spice to sweeten it just the slightest. Oh, October… you delight me!
I also love the change of meals that happens this month! Give me chili, spaghetti, and yes… even a good pea soup with a crusty loaf of bread!
But I do have some things that need to be accomplished this month! And despite the shortness of the list…it is a LOT to complete this month!
- An anxiously awaited vacation to Erie! Woot!
- Plant! All! The! Bulbs!! This will be the most daunting task of the entire month… sigh. (The order has shipped… on an actual ship and has reached the “due in port” status this morning! I don’t expect them before we leave for Erie.)
- Sew… yes, this is a hold over from my September list. I have two tunics to sew.
A short, but very full list!
What about you, what are you most excited for October to bring?
See you all back here on Wednesday!
I also love the return to drinking hot tea and have been baking batches of pumpkin chocolate chip muffins every week. Your list may look short, but I know that each of those things will take time. Here’s hoping vacation is the longest one!
I made some chlii last week and it was so good to have it. Soups and stews are on the menu coming up. We have returned to warmish days, but our evenings are still blisssfully cool. and, I’ve been enjoying a flannel shirt in the morning and slippers on my feet instead of flip-flops. Fall is such a glorious time!
I can’t believe Ali took her kiddos to the beach yesterday… October 1st!! We’ll see 80s the next couple of days, but 50s by the weekend. Then I’ll take a hot cuppa anything!
So many things to look forward in October and November — I am a Halloween and Thanksgiving lover to the core.
Looking forward to crockpot meals (yes, I love them).
Baked squash
PUMPKIN muffins (well, pumpkin everything really)
And being able to wear all the knitted things, all the time (although not today. It’s warm.)
I too welcome the cooler weather and the opportunity to dress in layers, some of them handknit. I crave roasted vegetables all summer but postpone them until the weather cools — I made a big batch last week. We do not have any sugar maples on our property but I see them everywhere I drive. Glowing scarlet! Luminescent orange! Glorious!
I drink hot coffee year round but it’s nice to have a steaming mug of tea again since I don’t drink tea in the summer. I’m okay with that first frost being a ways off since I want my flowers to keep going!
I was just thinking this morning that I really hope my daughter is still planning on trick-or-treating this year so I can steal her candy! I wish it was a bit cooler this week, but the sun is so lovely that I’ll take the heat as long as I can have sunshine, too. I’m sure we’ll have plenty of time for the cold when it comes.
I look forward to a cup of hot tea in the evenings and sometimes late afternoons. I also look forward to wearing the wool socks. For some reason even though I’m ready for cooler weather, I am not quite ready to give up the warm summer evenings.
I think there is so much more power to a short list! More focus, more opportunity for success (in whatever form that takes). Welcome October! Sounds like you have great things to look forward to, Kat.
“…due in port.” Is there a more fun status update than that?
That my bulbs were not flown in from Amsterdam has made my heart happy.
I am so happy you will be vacationing soon. I am thrilled it is October, one of the greatest months and this weekend it should be cold!
Summer has extended into October for me too. Gardening this morning in jeans and t shirt, but I hope I’ve cut the grass for the last time this year. I love my cords and pea soup too. I’ve collected some acorns this year and wonder if I could germinate them? Maybe I should Google it?