Fall is the Best time of the year

Beause of:

• Cooler temperatures!
• Getting to wear sweatshirts, and sweaters,.
• The clouds return to the mountains and every day the view is new
• Hot chocolate
• Hot apple cider
•  Hot spiced wine
•  The anticipation of upcoming holidays, gathering with friends and family
•  The gradual winding down of yardwork
•  Stormy colours in the sky
• Halloween…decorations, kids on the street, spookiness
• Thanksgiving. Perfect holiday. Family, friends, food, gratitude.
• Giving in to the seasonal desire for new notebooks and pens!
• Fall fruits – apples, pears, etc.
• Fall veggies – acorn squash, yams, etc.
• The smell of apple crisp or gingerbread bakingBrightly colored leaves on the trees
• Getting the fireplace going
• Pumpkin spice lattes at Starbucks
• The debut of new shows on TV (yeah, I admit it)
• People complaining about the (relative) cold
• People saying, “I wouldn't mind if it never got any colder than this.” 
• Comparing our weather in BC with the weather in Ontario.
• Feeding and watering the house plants less oftenStarting to think about Christmas gifts for people
• Good hiking weather
• Orion dancing through the morning sky
• The Leonids meteor showersHot tea on a cool morning patio
•  Fat pine cones on our pine tree
• Christmas decorations starting to show up in the stores…I really don’t mind. I like the colours and the anticipation.
• Lighting candles in the evening
• You know that scent, right? It is earthy and rich and moist. It comes later in the fall when the leaves have been falling for a while and have probably been rained on and maybe there have been a couple of slightly warmer days so the decomposition has started. You must know that scent. It is autumn
• Pumpkins everywhere. They’re so common, they’re like a piece of furniture this time of year and they’re good until Thanksgiving!
• Witches and black cats. I love the history and origins of Halloween and all the symbols, too.
• Haunted houses. We didn't get to go to any “haunted” houses this year but I love being scared. Halloween and costumes. I loved seeing the kids from babies to near-adults (and some adults, too) dressed up from cute to freaky. 
• Trick-or-treat. I love this culmination of the scary-season: the costumes, 
• Daylight savings. Yes, it’s controversial but I become more productive in the morning because of it
• New autumn smells permeate the air. The first time you catch a whiff of smoke coming from a neighbour's chimney, you know fall as officially arrived. That smell mingles in with the dry leaves cluttering the ground and your olfactory senses can't deny that the smell of fall is in the air.