Ahhh autumn. The leaves are changing, the weather is getting cooler, and Dunkin' Donuts is rolling out their pumpkin spice line. Fall sports are in full swing, and everyone is breaking out their flannels. After a hot summer, who can complain? Fall time is seriously the best time of year.
As the weather starts to cool off, it is a relief to not be constantly sweating every time you leave the house. The air feels a bit crisper and you can't help but smile as you take a deep breath in. You sleep better too, now that everything is a bit less hot. Along with the cooler temps comes less humidity, and we can finally walk around without immediately getting swamp ass. Nothing quite helps you recover from hot humid summer days like the onset of autumn.
Fall foliage starts to come out. Every year it's different and every year is equally as beautiful as the last. Trees come alive as their leaves boom with the vibrant reds, oranges, and yellows we have come to love. As the leaves fall and the giant leaf piles are made, it's almost impossible not to remember jumping into one as a kid, and you can't help but laugh at yourself as you relive those memories in your head. Even more so as you recall family apple picking or pumpkin carving. Fall food starts to become more prevalent. Perhaps you had the best apple crisp recipe ever, or you remember cooking pumpkin seeds and trying them for the first time, or those little honey sticks that you got at the farm stand.
Families adorn their yards with Halloween-themed decor. Spooky lights and grim reapers pop up everywhere. It seems as if there is a jack-o-lantern on every doorstep, each one equally as happy as the last to be missing most of its teeth. Fall flowers such as mums and asters show off their bright colors next to dried out corn stalks and hay bales. As the warm weather is on its way out, people light their fire pits for what may be the last time and enjoy the company of their friends and loved ones. On the cool fall nights, you look up and see a sky full of stars. It's always been there, yet each time you see it you're filled with wonder.
It's easy to get caught up in life, but don't let that stop you from living. Autumn is the best time of year to stop and take the time to look around and really see what is happening around you. The planet turns. The season's change. Life goes on.
