#vickichicagomarsh

It was the perfect autumn day…cool and crisp, bright sun against a brilliant blue sky, smoke curling out of chimneys, leaves swirling…The ideal day for a trip to a pumpkin patch, then to a tiny cafe for cups of hot cider…Then home with the memories of a perfect day, to enjoy a good book in the beautiful late-afternoon golden fall light.

The scent of a candle inside a carved pumpkin makes my knees weak.

Autumn brings certain images to my mind~hay rides, pumpkin patches, changing leaves, yellow school buses, a crisp breeze....

I can smell the season change from summer to autumn.  As the months dwindle down to the start of fall, it smells woodsy & smoky & crisp;  almost like I've just licked a bit of mint. I'm getting goosebumps now~I love this time of year!

Peek around giant pumpkin leaves, and there you see them~childhood favorites. Big orange globes. Keeping you young forever, no matter what the years say.