Autumn is a mysterious season: it is a time of abundance, but it is also a time when things die and are
discarded. And yet, a dramatic composition of twigs, leaves, pinecones, moss, seedpods, and even
feathers can make a spring bouquet seem uninspired by comparison.
A walk in the woods will reward with the bittersweet splendor of the season. You can preserve this bounty simply by displaying your finds in a bowl or using them to adorn a wrapped gift.
---In Celebration of Autumn
If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.
-Mother Teresa- Empty Bowls Project
Believe that we here on earth can feed one another… FUN & FOOD Hand-crafted clay bowls, created by New Hampshire Potters Guild members
and community volunteers, will be filled with soup. The public is invited to
choose a bowl to use for their soup and keep as a reminder that there are
always empty bowls in the world. A minimum donation of $20.00 is requested. http://www.jeffbrownpottery.com/emptybowls.html World Food Day is October 16th. If you want to organize a World Food Day project, click here to learn about the Empty Bowls project. To learn more about World Food Day, click here. In 1990 a high school art teacher in Michigan helped his students solve a problem. They were searching for a way to raise funds to support a food drive. What evolved was a class project to make ceramic bowls for a fund raising meal. Guests were served a simple meal of soup and bread, and were invited to keep the bowl as a reminder of hunger in the world. By the following year the originators had developed this concept into Empty Bowls,  a project to provide support for food banks, soup kitchens, and other organizations that fight hunger. The Imagine /RENDER Group,a 501(c)3 organization, was created to promote the project. Since then Empty Bowls events have been held throughout the world, and millions of dollars have been raised to combat hunger.
Contact Information P.O. Box 1689 Burnsville, NC 28714 Email: ImagineRen@aol.com http://www.emptybowls.net/ |
Things to Do in Autumn
- Put away your summer clothes
- Make a Scarecrow
- Rake some leaves
- Jump in the leaves (especially fun if there is a child around to do this with you)
- Decorate your yard for autumn
- Go for a walk on a nature trail
- Read a book on a blanket under an oak tree
- Go for a drive strictly for the purpose of foliage gazing
- Pick apples from an apple tree and make a home-made pie or cobbler from scratch
- Make some home-made autumn/winter potpourri
- Do some autumn crafts
- Start on your Christmas crafts
- Make an autumn web page
- Make a leaf collection
- Gather firewood
- Start to knit a warm sweater
- Take a walk under the extra-bright Harvest moon
- Buy something plaid; a pleated skirt, a vest or jacket, a pair of pants, a notebook or lunchbox
- Gather up and press leaves of red, gold, and yellow
- Buy orange pumpkins and red, green and yellow apples
- Make foods of fall; beef stew with thick gravy, apple crisp with vanilla ice cream and cinnamon sauce, pumpkin pie with whipped cream....
- Buy new school supplies, even if you are not returning to school
- Start a nature sketchbook. With the wonderful colors of fall, this is the perfect time to record the leaves changing colors, bare branches against a stormy sky, squirrels stocking up for winter…..
- Bake sugar cookies and cut out with leaf and other Autumn-shaped cookie cutters. Frost with chocolate, maple and orange flavored frostings
- Start thinking about Halloween and Thanksgiving activities
- Look for new Autumn recipes; soups and stews; apple deserts, homemade cookies, freshly-baked breads
- Buy lots of orange, yellow, brown and gold candles to brighten up dark days and evenings
- Collect pinecones for decorations and firestarters
- Make hot chocolate, French toast and bacon for Sunday Breakfast
- Watch for ducks and geese flying south for the winter
- Buy some new fall clothes; corduroy pants or green denim jeans; a sweater or a college sweatshirt, a suede jacket, new hiking boots
- Try a new shade of hair color; such as auburn or dark burgundy
- Buy new make up in browns and rusts
- Schedule a doctor appointment to get a flu shot, usually give the first part of October
- If you don't already give yourself monthly self breast exams, start doing them now; and schedule an appointment for a mammogram.
- Sign up for a class at your local college
- Go to a county fair
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