A New Season!

Yesterday began a new season –autumn! I just ♥ autumn! It’s my second-favorite season, just after spring. :) 

Usually, the leaves here don’t change color or fall because it doesn’t get cool enough. But this year is different! The hurricane’s high winds “burnt” the leaves so now many of the trees look brown. Actually, it looks more like late autumn in New England. The foot trails near our home are covered in leaves and you can often hear chainsaws cutting away at branches and trees that have fallen into the roads.

{look at all the brown trees in a distance}

 {more brown trees}

One thing I love about autumn is the crispy mornings. During the summer time here, the humidity can be quite high so I always enjoy the cool, fresh air that comes along with autumn. It’s such a joy to take walks in the warm, early morning sun and I just love being outdoors without wilting in the heat!

During the autumn months, I love having more fun outside. Gardening, bird watching, and cycling are a few activities that I look forward to doing now that the weather is more comfortable outside. I also hope to do more photography!

For some reason, as soon as the weather turns cooler I also enjoy more indoor crafts as well. I’m hoping to work on a few projects that I started earlier this year and really need to finish! I’ve been working away steadily at the friendship afghan squares and a few hats for the Romanian orphans. One friend asked what I plan to do with the Baby Wool that I featured in a recent blog post. Well, I’m crocheting a beautiful scarf for a friend of mine! Oh, I just love the colors in this scarf!

 

Speaking of crafts, I’d like to know how you all are doing with the project to make hats for Romania. The mailing deadline is October 10th. If you don’t get the hats mailed to the ministry’s U.S. office before the Oct. 10th, your hats will need to be mailed directly to the orphanage in Romania which will cost you more! We are hoping to have 100 hats made, once for each child so if you’re a participant please leave a comment and let me know how many you’ve completed! If you aren’t participating right now but you can knit, crochet, or sew and you think you’ll be able to finish before the deadline, feel free to join us! We're always glad to have another participant. :-)

My dear friend Emily spent the past week or so redesigning my blog and I think she did a fabulous job! What do y’all think about my new blog design?

Emily also designed a lovely blog button for me!You can find the code in my right sidebar. Feel free to share my blog with your friends. And if you post it on your blog’s sidebar before Sept. 28th you can gain an extra entry in my giveaway! Just be sure to let me know you grabbed my button in a comment on my giveaway post.

Oh, please tell me what you enjoy most about autumn? Is it the cooler temperatures? The falling leaves? Share what you love about this new season in a comment below!

Blessings!