Autumnal Delights

Autumn is my favorite season. Although it is only September 4th and I might be jumping the gun a bit, a list has been stewing in my head the last few days. I must enumerate my reasons for loving it. I must.

• Cool nights
• Sun-warmed afternoons
• The scent of withering leaves
• Fungi!
• Beautiful berries - yew, snowberry, crab-apple, bittersweet
• Brats at the Minneapolis Farmer's Market - loaded with sauerkraut and mustard
• Campfires!
• Wearing long sleeves & pants, but not being forced into mittens, scarves, and a big coat (yet)
• The Annual Borealis Fall Extravaganza - Squeeze's family gathers every fall in the Wisconsin woods. Roasting weenies, popping acorns in the fire pit, walks through the brightly yellowed Sugar Maples.
• School - I used to look forward to this all summer long
• Cozy, dark nights indoors
• Pumpkin-Apple Bread!! (Nummy)
• Canning cranberries