Complete the sentence.
My favourite things about autumn, are the smell of the air and the soil. Both smell richer and earthier in the fall.
I also like a big bonfire (outside of course)....and kicking up the woodstove inside.
the variety of colors for leaves
what are yours, Lil Me?
ADD: Almost forgot about pumpkin and eggnog. :)
Crisp air, smell of fires, the migration to indoor living, warm foods, lots of root vegetables.
...... the crisp air, the colors of the leaves, watching kids in their various costumes as they go trick or treating.
the crisp air, seeing your breath, the leaves falling, the colours, the festivals, apple cider, pumpkins, harvest, a crisp weekend afternoon, and nature taking a nap until spring.
Ahhh yes. Harvest time in Vancouver. (http://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Happy/4.gif) [FONT color=#d0d0d0]Sorry......I couldn't resist.[/FONT]
rum n egg nogs
hot apple ciders
watching the neighbors rake up the leaves all over their front yards from my tree
haha sorry about the harvest line. childhood.
At least I didn't say hay rides on tractors and walks in the corn fields and wheat fields! lol
Well, you know....it brings up an interesting point though. As in, what is it about autumn we really enjoy, and how much of what we think we enjoy, is our own romanticised version of it.
I also like jumping into a pile of crisp leaves.
I think its romanticised.
Okay the going to the pumpkin patch was always fun, but there are memories attached. Harvest down on the farm, yeah it was rather boring, but it beat sitting in front of a tv in the farm house waiting for them to come home. Then thanksgiving is nice, when I'm faraway, but if I was present I'd be just as miserable as everyone else in the room as things have soured and its now become a get together people just want to get over and go home. Then the long walks in the fields, usually meant I wanting some time alone and it usually represents a feeling of coldness, us at our most fragile state, winter. So yeah I think when we think of a certain season its always sugar coating past events and turning it into nostalga.
P.C. wrote:
Well, you know....it brings up an interesting point though. As in, what is it about autumn we really enjoy, and how much of what we think we enjoy, is our own romanticised version of it.
Romanticised version? What's that?
purelife wrote:
Romanticised version? What's that?
That your views of fall/summer/winter/spring are not actual "I like the colours" but feelings and emotions attached to something in your past that made you happy. favourite things related to memories.
Yea....I think we do that.
Like....after 3 months of rain, I wonder how many of us really enjoy that 'crisp' air.....or are we all longing for some August. LOL
I think that's why I liked Lil Me's observation.....about moving towards the root vegetables. I don't know that I would have ever thought about it in those terms. Hardly romanticised.....but earthy and warm none the less....and something I enjoy as well. (except the zuchini part. (http://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Happy/12.gif) )
I interpret a 'romanticised version of things', as what, influences like Hallmark, Norman Rockwell, poetry and old movies would make us believe they are....as opposed to the reality of what they are. Like how some families do nothing but squabble and fight at Thanksgiving, for example, but would say, that it's a wonderful time for families to come together and spend quality time.
Didn't someone say that soup is good for the soul? I like coming back after a long day of work to a good and hearty bowl of soup.
You can smell...and see the snowboard season is getting closer. Adrenaline starts pumping. Just hoping for a good season.
lol Van you and my roommate both. He's been counting the days til Whistler opens.
I agree with Lil Me about the transition to root veggies and home-cooked comfort food.
In the summer, I bake less (too hot to turn on oven) and cook less. I eat more fresh fruits/veggies/salads etc in the summer and now, I enjoy soups, casseroles, pastas, etc.
There is flav eggnog (choices: candy cane or vanilla?) at the StupidStore. About $2.50/L sold on the shelf in a bottle.
Lil Me wrote:
There is flav eggnog (choices: candy cane or vanilla?) at the StupidStore. About $2.50/L sold on the shelf in a bottle.
So its about 5 bucks for a 2L carton? I just bought 10 cartons of the 2L variety from Costco, for like 3.85 each.
The whole house is filled with those fake spiderwebs and red lights.