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Autumn

Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.

~George Eliot

This is my favorite time of year!!

I love the crisp cool air, although we only get that at night here.

The trees are starting to look amazing up on the mountainside.

I can't wait to make soup!

Apple pie is sounding really good too!

The word autumn comes from the Old French word autompne (automne in modern French), and was later normalized to the original Latin word autumnus. There are rare examples of its use as early as the 14th century, but it became common by the 16th century.

So grab your favorite sweater, make a pie, rake some leaves and enjoy the BEST season ever!!

November

I can't believe that it is already November! Fall has always been my favorite time of year, and this has been a beautiful Fall in the Northwest! Brad and I went on an amazing Saturday drive to see the North Cascades Highway, I recommend that it was amazing. The fall colors and smells were intoxicating to say the least. I felt like a hound dog, sniffing up new smells everywhere! This time of year is my favorite because of the holiday that it shares with us, Thanksgiving. This holiday gets overlooked more and more. With each year the media put more focus on Halloween and Christmas (the money makers of the year). I love how simple Thanksgiving is, it is what it is; a time to give thanks.

I have so much to be thankful for. Life, strong amazing hubby, fantastic daughters,loving supportive family, friends and then all the little things that we take for granted. The little things like a washing machine, I can not imagine life with out one. Liquid body soap, not the yucky old lye that my grandmother had to use. I would say down comforters, but they have been around for centuries, I am grateful that I have one though.

Thanksgiving will be different this year, last year was stressful. I want to make this year wonderful, happy, abundant and full of great memories for my daughters. Jessica will be back home with friends and family, away from us. But it will be good for her to recharge and come home to us after the short holiday.