Today was a hot bowls of soup, pancakes for lunch, sweaters and coffee kind of day. It was a get up early and work hard day, when you don’t have any spare time but you don’t care because you’re doing what you love. It was a stop for a minute (or five) and watch the gold and orange leaves float and twirl in the wind, a piano music and scores kind of day. It was good.

Each October finds us in a slight frenzy as we get ready for the fair. Almost every one of us enters baked goods, sewn items, crafts, and art. Getting all those entries ready is always crazy and awesome, something we look forward to each year. The fair opened yesterday, and we got to go with some of our friends to see our entries and just enjoy the day. We went to Starbucks first, of course…my sister decided to get a venti pumpkin spice latte. (She drank every drop! =D ) And even though it was rainy and overcast all day,…

I’ve decided I want to live outside now. There’s a chill in the wind, an excitement in the air, something that beckons me outdoors. I have a sudden urge to grab a blanket and some coffee, and find an abandoned field to just sit in with only the trees for company. Fall is almost here, and I can’t wait.

They came so quickly – the hot days, the blueberry picking, glasses of strawberry lemonade while sitting outside – and they’re already flying by. Wasn’t it just yesterday that school was barely out, when the days still had a hint of cool from the winter? Now the sunflowers have bloomed, the grapes are close to ripening on their green vines, and the days are long. I suppose it’s the way of time – how the days seem to slip by without any effort, how sunrise fades into sunset in the blink of an eye. I’m trying harder to stop my…