Is it too early to switch over my clothes? Time for flannel sheets? I don’t know! One minute, I’m eyeing that cable knit sweater. The next, it’s seventy-five degrees. Same goes for that batch of soup I made on Thursday when it was cool, rainy and gray. Then, I had to freeze it because it got warm and muggy. Early fall is funny like that. But, I don’t really mind it all that much. Heck, I’ll take every scrap of warm weather I can get!
We haven’t had a hard frost yet, so gardens are still sporting some of their late summer blooms, with a few potted mums thrown in for good measure. The trees are starting to show their fall colors, and a few have begun shedding their leaves.
It’s the season for apple-cider donuts and pumpkin spice everything. Babe down to the Busy Bee come up with a new one this year: caramel apple crunch donuts. Wow! I had to order one the other day. You know, for quality control. Oh! My! God! Picture this: pumpkin spiced coffee, a caramel apple crunch donut and a side of bacon. Is that not the perfect fall meal? The donut was fresh out of the oven and still a little warm and gooey. So much so, I had to eat mine with a fork. But when I sampled that first bite, I swear I heard angels singing, and they continued that chorus until my donut was gone and I’d scraped every last bit of caramel crunch from my plate.
One of my absolute favorite things about this time of year is the fact even if the temps creep into the seventies during the day, it chills out at night so you can, too. Charlie and me have been sleeping good, or what passes for it nowadays. Meaning, we still get up two or three times a night to pee, but we go right back to sleep after. Or, right back to snoring in Charlie’s case.
Happy fall, everyone!
That’s it for now. Catch you on the flip side!
Here Ida Tell It: Falling for Fall