October things...
October is a great month. It signifies the official arrival of fall as the temperatures start to cool and the leaves turn from their summer emerald to their fiery orange and red hues... There is nothing so magnificent as driving through New England and looking up and seeing these magnificent colors all ablaze.With October comes apple picking and pumpkin picking... cider sipping... corn mazes and hay rides. Little children grow eager about a certain day affiliated with witches and goblins and candy! With October comes It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown! We'll be watching this this weekend as we nosh on candy corn and sip apple cider from the one of the local farms next door!
I love Orange. Specifically, I like the Pumpkin color. It's such a great color and looks great with so many things. Orange and white... orange and winter white... orange and white and blue... orange and black and white... orange and pink! I could go on and on and on! I have three orange items I wear all the time in the fall. And since I was tagged my my good friend over at The Preppy Apron to list 3 things about October, I will list the 3 orange items I adore!
1. I love my pumpkin colored Burberry quilted jacket. I haven't seen any like it! It makes me happy and I can wear it with a pair of jeans as well as with black dress pants.
2. I also love my orange down vest from the Gap. I can layer it with all the sweaters and colors I want. And it just makes me so very happy!
3. And I love my suede Mango colored JCrew loafers, but are orange just the same!
(Of course I would love, love, love an orange pair of Revas, but alas, those are not in my budget at the moment!)
Pumpkin and apples and pears and cranberries are wonderful fall flavors... their aromas delight the senses as they are used in fall cooking and baking. I love all things pumpkin... I love all things cider... and cranberries. These beautiful and savory treats are not just to be found as ingredients in your latest baked delight, but wonderful and inexpensive ways to dress your home with the rich and wonderful colors of this season.
Pears come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. Place assorted pears in a bowl and you have an instant table centerpiece, or front foyer display. Add a few acorns and cranberries for color and texture. Cranberries are another wonderful fall fruit. Their lovely hues complement apples, pears and pumpkins. I'll have a few posts later on on how to decorate with these lush fall fruits and how to throw a perfect fall party!
Not in the mood to bake, but want your home to smell like fall? Or perhaps you have have a few apples (from picking way too many a couple of weekends ago) that are getting a bit soft? Quarter an apple or two, place it in a pot of boiling water, add a couple of cinnamon sticks or cloves, and let simmer... soon your entire house will smell like an apple pie bakery! Just be sure to keep checking your water levels so the apples don't stick and burn! Then your home will smell so lovely you'll just have to invite a few friends over!
As much as I love the long days of summer, I admittedly look forward to the shorter, cooler and cozier days of October. I look forward to all the wonderful things to come in the next couple of months... October may very well be one of my favorite months of the year!
What are your favorite things about this time of the year?