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
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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