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Have you ever noticed
how beautiful the fall season is? I know what your thinking “It is the
beginning of winter and I hate winter.” Well I am not so fond of the those days
between the Christmas holidays and the end of March either. But I am very fond
of the fall.
The fall has so many
wonderful aspects about it. First the colours. I could not imagine living in a
place where the colours of the leaves do not change. The deciduous trees that
change into the bright reds, golden yellows, deep oranges and the soft browns
take my breath away every year that I see it. To be surrounded by the beauty is
just awe inspiring. At times I wish I was more of a visual artist and could capture
these colours on canvas. The camera, although a great tool for this imagery
just does not do it justice to my liking. Maybe I need a better camera, but nonetheless,
I am in a glory of colour and enjoying every moment.
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The next best thing is
cool crisp air mixed with warm days and cool nights. I love the combination of
temperatures over the days of fall. It is something I reminisce about from
childhood, those mornings walking to school when the air was chilly and would make
your nose cold and the tips of your fingers would chill even through the
gloves, and the next thing you know it is recess and you are peeling off the
layers because you are too hot with the sun warming everything around you and
you. And then into the cool nights where you pull out grandpa’s chucky knit
sweater that grandma made and you and your family sit by the fire in the back
yard and roast marshmallows and hot dogs and again your nose gets chilly and
the tips of your fingers are aware of the chill in the air.
But the food…oh…the
food. I love fall cooking and eating. Not only do I spend hours at a time in
the kitchen preserving and creating all kinds of wonderful canned goods I love
the fall veggies and fruits. Fresh apples by the bushel, pears, squash of
varieties upon varieties, cauliflower and broccoli and of course the Thanksgiving
turkey. One of my two favorite meals of the year that includes a stuffed turkey
with all the trimmings including a pumpkin pie with whipped cream. I am making
myself hungry… Of course this is all repeated two months later at Christmas and
we must have two turkeys every year. It seems to throw me off if I do not get
my two turkeys in a year. But the fall food seems to bring in a warmth the no
other season can do with the soup stocks brewed and the best ingredients to add
how can one go wrong?
So go out this weekend
and enjoy the fall. Bundle up, drink hot apple cider, go on a wagon ride at a
local farm. Buy pumpkins and gourds to decorate your home and enjoy the fall.
Embrace it with zing and zeal and a zaniness and always remember when you are
out in nature please, please, please take only photos and leave only foot
prints.
ENJOY!!!
Check out this link it has some information about the area and what to do and where to go including local farm markets.
