What I love about Fall...

Well I am feeling the familiar feelings that come with Fall.  Other than Summer it is probably my most favorite season.  I LOVE the color, it is one of my favorite times to photograph Nature, all the leaves and trees and changing colors I try so hard to capture the beauty I see with my camera.  Ever since I was a kid I have collected leaves, I still do when I go on walks with Sophie...not sure how many books around my house  I have with pretty delicate leaves pressed between wax paper and paper towels in them, as if I could capture the still beauty in the moment they fell from the tree.  Try as I might, I never really do, but something about picking the leaves up and taking them home with me and bringing that little bit of firey color inside to savor warms my heart.  I LOVE trees and in the fall when they are so flaming with color in their transition about to shed their leaves for the long winter is when I love them best and feel the strongest affinity with them. 

I love Fall for all that it brings, for me it is about:

*digging out my hats and scarves and mitts (many knit by the knitting Goddess Heidi of Heidis Hats ~You can find her lovely things at

Union Rose: Locally made goods, beautifully designed in Portland, Oregon )

Drinking Hot Spiced Cider

cozy nights on the couch with a fire and a good tv show

Good hot soup ( I am SO SAD my favorite soup cafe the Blue Moose on NE Fremont Just closed...anybody have other suggestions for great soup places)

Reconnecting with friends I haven't seen in a long time...I am a Football widow, Frankie is GLUED to the TV on Monday nights,  so I want to make Monday night my night to go have dinner with a friend each week, it helps get me out of the house, reconnect with people, try new places to eat, and I am loving Facebook for helping reconnect me with so many peeps I haven't seen in so long!  If you want to go have dinner or coffee or a cocktail let me know!

So those are some of the wonderful things I love about Fall...What do you love about Fall?