fall

fall is my favorite time of year.


the cold air with the fresh smell of rain heightened by the foliage around. the pounding of rain drops on the leaves and roof tops, the sound ringing in your ears. sweaters that your mom knit for you (even if they are too big), with a scarf wrapped around you. a toque that falls just right on your head allowing for your hair to flip out from underneath it. perhaps it is the gentleness of our falls that permit for us to be fashionable in such a time as the season itself is full of beauty with the changing of colors. it is all we can do to keep up with it. perhaps it is the need to feel warm and bundled and the reminiscing of a homestead. the fire place going with hot chocolate waiting for you. the look alone of smoke streaming out of a chimney is enough to complete the season. i just love it, i just do, i really really do. i have my memories, i have heightened senses in such a season, i had the house with the fire on and the grate in front of it where my dad always stood warming his back. i had the mom who always made sure we were well bundled to go out and play and a warm cup of hot chocolate with mini marshmallows in it waiting for us when we got back. i had all those things. i was even married in the fall time.

today sophie and i went exploring in the trails to look at and enjoy the fall time. we looked at the leaves and talked about their colors. we saw our breath on the air. we smelt the fragrance of rain and even dreamed of jumping in puddles together one day soon. that's what i did today.