My Favorite Time of Year

Although every season in New England has it's own unique beauty, there is one that is my absolute favorite.

Fall....it does not get any better than this when it comes to beauty and weather. Nice warm, sunny days to enjoy without being too hot, and cool nights for great sleeping. It starts with the trees full of green leaves, and then by October they burst into an array of colors that are breathtaking! Color that brings the tourists in groves, in awe of the beauty, taking photos to bring home as a remembrance.

I am fortunate to live in New England to experience the changing seasons throughout the year. Spring with the awakening of all that has been buried under the snow for so many months. Summers full of warm days, blossoming flowers and trees, and fun in the sun making memories to take us through colder times. Fall strutting colors like a peacock, with fresh apples, hay rides, and Halloween fun. Winter bringing a blanket of white snow, snuggling by a cozy fire, and Christmas traditions with family.

Every one of these offers so much to enjoy. However for now, I will embrace and hang on to fall as long as I can.  Cherishing the smell of every apple pie baking in the oven, hot apple cider with cinnamon, corn stalks and pumpkins, and the dancing leaves as they fall from the trees. All of this I will bring with me as we enter into the colder months of winter, when once again the earth will sleep.







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