autumn : hands-down the best time of year : what we did last autumn in california

it's so crazy to think that last year at this time we were still living in california.

i was always so anxious to escape the heat and find a bit of fall.

our weekend adventures were incredible : sierra mountains, apple orchards, redwood forests, yosemite, and the sea...i think being close to the sea is the thing i miss most.

now that we're in salt lake city fall is already upon us, and all i have to do is look out my window

to see the leaves changing in the mountains...this year's colors are going to be drop-dead bright

thanks to a very wet spring and a nice monsoon season.

i am loving that i get to put my sweater on every night, and my boots have

already come out of the closet a few times.

i am so ready for thick, chunky sweaters, leather boots, wellie boots, duck boots,

scarves, tweed blazers, tweed news-boy hats, knit hand-warmers, knit scarves,

the smell of cool air, homemade cider doughnuts, nutmeg, ginger, cloves,

am so giddy thinking of halloween and all the trick-o-treaters that will be coming to our door

all bundled up to escape the frosty elements,

am incredibly excited for that first dusting of snow...part of me wishes that a dusting

of snow is all that would come, but then i remember you can't ski on dust...

still, that first dusting of snow is eternally magical.

what are your favorites of fall?

{see last year's ode to autumn here}