October is here! My favourite month. We celebrate Thanksgiving, and near the end of the month, my birthday! This year is a big one (gulp) and I'm going to celebrate all month long. One of my intentions is to post everyday during the month. We'll see if I can do it!
There's much to love about this (and any) month, and here are a few of the things that delight me in this 10th month of the year.
* Dahlias - they will bloom until the first frost which could happen
around the middle of the month or later
* Cozy sweaters and scarves - I've put away the t-shirts and sundresses,
and the sweaters are now ready to wear
* Hot tea, or hot chocolate for a treat - My tea consumption
increases dramatically as the temperature cools. I never drink coffee.
* Leaves flying from trees and drying on the ground - perfect for scuffling
* Foggy mornings filled with mist that burns away as the sun intensifies
* The scent of woodsmoke from neighbour's fires. We have gas fireplaces and I do like them, but miss the coziness of wood
* Ducks and geese flying overhead. Some leave for the winter, others stay on our local ponds or near the shore.
* Brisk walks in the woods or along the shore. Both beautiful.
* Shiny horse chestnuts on the street with their spiny green husks alongside. A couple of times I've been hit in the head with a falling chestnut - they are hard!
* Coloured leaves, red, golden yellow, crimson, and brown
* Slowly eating bowls of hot soup - there are so many wonderful soups. My next pot will be Cauliflower and Blue Cheese
* Quiet evenings with the curtains drawn and the fire glowing
And so begins this beautiful month. What do you love about October? I'd love to know.
So many of the above are my favourites too. The thought of chilly candlelit evenings with the curtains closed and the fire crackling in the hearth, a good book by my side.
ReplyDeleteSo pleased I have company for blogtober. I wonder if others will join in. B x
You captured it!
ReplyDeleteI love the leaves, the scent of fires and the chance to eat hot bowls of soup. I enjoy decorating with my squash before I eat them and bringing in the last of the flowers to enjoy. My heart sings when i see the v's in the sky, the birds are getting ready. xxx thanks for the reminders of all that's wonderful in October.
ReplyDeleteYour zinnias are still looking so pretty. You chose such a lovely vase for them. Those pink and yellow leaves are beautiful! As the evenings are longer now I'm thankful for more time to read.
ReplyDeleteIndeed, there is so much to love about October!
ReplyDeleteI enjoy the slow collecting of pumpkins and gourds . . . picking up one at a roadside stand, another at the grocery store, another at the nursery. It seems there's always room for one more! Many of them find their way to my Thanksgiving table.
Looking forward to your month-long blogging adventure!
I bought a large cauliflower yesterday that we ate with potatoes and chicken... and I also prepared a wonderful cauliflower soup for today :-)))
ReplyDeleteYour October looks lovely... I am delighted by the many beautiful autumn flowers in the garden and the colorful trees that will soon be in full splendor... and I look forward to watching the migrating birds; it is especially wonderful to see the wild ducks with their chatter and their magnificent formations in the sky.
I wish you a wonderful October filled with joy and lovely experiences.
Sending you a hug, Viola
I LOVE October. We have family birthdays and fall decorating, pumpkin patches, hot mulled cider, farmers markets and crisp cool nights followed by warm sunny days. Happy Birthday month, Lorrie. xo Diana
ReplyDeleteLovely post 💕
ReplyDeleteI'm crazy about Autumn, too, especially September (I was born in September).
Every year I hang on to September and make it extra long, 35 days. it's now the 32nd 😀
Of course, this way October is shorter.
Most of your delights above are my delights as well 🌻 But I like tea AND coffee.
There is lots to love about October, my list is very similar to yours. For me, October also means a visit to your Island!
ReplyDeleteWith rain over the last few weeks, our garden is a mass of colour, where I thought my dahlias were dried up in the heat of the summer, they have suddenly bloomed and are gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteI'll try to visit every day but no guarantees! I love the colors of October and the decorating, too!
ReplyDeleteSo much to enjoy in October, the trees changing colour, the fruits and berries in the hedgerows, fungi in parks and gardens, visiting fieldfares and redwings and the V shaped skeins of geese calling overhead:)
ReplyDeleteThe colours of your dahlias are wonderful and you have beatifully described many of the reasons why autumn is the favourite season of many (most?) people.
ReplyDeleteYour October reminds perhaps more our September but there's still some beauty here as well.
Happy October, dear Lorrie!
Bonjour Lorrie,
ReplyDeleteVous décrivez un automne idéal à mes yeux, le genre d’automne que nous avions il y a trente ans. Maintenant, l’été se prolonge. Il n’y a plus de gelées blanches en septembre ou octobre, le brouillard est rare. Cela ne fait rien, je l'apprécie grâce à vos mots.
Bonne journée.
Hélène 🌹
A lovely post to start off October ... a month I do enjoy.
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to stopping by your blog and seeing/reading more as the month progresses.
Have a happy and healthy month, especially as it's your birthday month.
All the best Jan
I like how every thing slows down. Line ups shorten. The trees are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI'd like to make it a habit to eat (or drink) soup every day, once it begins to feel more fallish here. Is that cauliflower and blue cheese recipe on your Pass the Plate blog? I'll go look for myself ;-)
ReplyDeleteYour October Autumn list is most wonderful. I do love seeing pumpkins in country fields. Apples being picked from the orchard. And the last of flowers blooming.
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