the saddest part of autumn

I love fall, it might be my favorite season.

Here's a few reasons why I love fall:

-colder weather- I love being able to bundle up in a sweater or a huge blanket

-sweaters- who doesn't love pulling on a cozy sweater?

-apple picking- I wish I could re-create the smell of an apple orchard, and
something is just so much better about the way fresh picked apples taste.

-pumpkins- Although the guts can be smelly and kinda gross, decorating pumpkins in a
fall time must!!!! do you paint or carve your pumpkins?

-thanksgiving- food, family, football...the ultimate triangle of awesomeness!

-apple cider- what a wonderful beverage. enjoy hot,cold,frozen, or with a cinnamon
stick.

-pumpkin cookies- my lovely mother started making these a couple years ago. They're
actually pretty healthy because they are made with pumpkin filling (i guess it's
healthy for you).

-college football-
"Hail! to the victors valiant
Hail! to the conqu'ring heroes
Hail! Hail! to Michigan
The leaders and best!
Hail! to the victors valiant
Hail! to the conqu'ring heroes
Hail! Hail! to Michigan,
The champions of the West!

enought said.....

-carmel apple pops- a beautiful combination of sour green apple suckers and carmel...but get them while they last, they're only around during the fall.

-leaves- The colors of changing leaves are AMAZING!!!! There are so many different colors, but my favorite are the vivid red leaves. I wish they stayed on the trees longer, but they do make the road/sidewalk look so much better! haha I'll admit it, I'm not a huge fan of raking leaves....but i love jumping in them!


speaking of leaves, A depressing thing happened this week. During the fall this depressing thing happens about once a week. Yesterday the grounds crew (the people that mow the grass at HU), destroyed the leaves. The crew comes in with this huge machine-thing that sucks up all the leaves and chops them into little tiny pieces. After they're done there are no longer any pretty leaves...only chopped up little pieces in random spots across campus. anyways...time to get to bed, I have a soccer game tomorrow, it could be my second to last game of my junior year. so strange to think about.

enjoy the fall!