Falling for Fall

Posted September 27th, 2012 by kerri and filed in Things I love at The Little House
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We had some great fall weather last week­end. Cool morn­ings and sunny, warm after­noons. When this time of the year is upon us, my nest­ing instincts kick in and I decided to make some home­made com­fort food.

I can always tell when sum­mer is com­ing, as my mother-in-law will always tell me about her last pan of lasagna for the sea­son. I decided to kick off the begin­ning of fall with some yummy veg­e­tar­ian lasagna.

I don't like the extremes of sum­mer and win­ter, but fall is def­i­nitely my favorite time of the year.

Here are some other things I look for­ward to when fall rolls around:

  • Putting up the Halloween and fall decorations
  • The Hillbilly Chili Cook-off, usu­ally a great day to eat some good chili, a fun­nel cake and browse crafts
  • Fires in the fire pit and woodstove
  • Dutch oven cooking
  • The return of the few shows we watch on tele­vi­sion (Yay! Dexter!)
  • Rotating the closet and “dis­cov­er­ing” my fall/winter clothes again
  • The col­ors and walk­ing along the road hear­ing the crispy leaves crunch

What do you look for­ward to most in the fall?

20 Responses to “Falling for Fall”

  1. Ruth Pennebaker says:
    October 3, 2012 at 9:06 am

    It's my favorite sea­son in Austin. The tem­per­a­ture *finally* dips below the triple dig­its and the pace picks up. Also, I never have got­ten over the feel­ing that the start of the school year is a new beginning.

  2. Sheryl M says:
    September 29, 2012 at 1:51 pm

    Kerri — Where's the recipe?? You can't post that pic­ture and not post the recipe! I know it will be here soon…

  3. Jennifer Margulis says:
    September 29, 2012 at 10:19 am

    I love fall. Though this year is a lit­tle hard for me since my mother died in the fall (sad face) last year. Lasagna is a good idea! My kids love it and it's been eons since I've made any…

    • Kerri says:
      September 29, 2012 at 1:17 pm

      Condolences on the loss of your mother, Jennifer. I feel the same at the end of February, which is the anniver­sary of my mother's death.

  4. Alexandra says:
    September 29, 2012 at 9:46 am

    I appre­ci­ate New England foliage because I was deprived of it for the 25 years I lived in France.

    • Kerri says:
      September 29, 2012 at 9:49 am

      Ah, yes, the New England autumns, leg­endary! Unfortunately, they were just talk­ing last night on the news about how our autumn will not be very pretty due to the drought. Good thing I have plenty of pho­tos from last year!

  5. Kerry Dexter says:
    September 29, 2012 at 6:08 am

    I love the way the angle of light changes — you really can 'see thigns in a new light' on autumn morn­ings and evenings. a fine com­pan­ion for walk­ing med­i­ta­tion. then there are the pump­kins, both to enjoy look­ing at and to cook with…

    • Kerri says:
      September 29, 2012 at 9:42 am

      Great obser­va­tion, Kerry! I was notic­ing the other day how the mid morn­ing light is dif­fer­ent in Our Little House this time of year.

  6. Irene says:
    September 28, 2012 at 7:20 pm

    I absolutely love sleep­ing with the win­dows open~

  7. Brette Sember says:
    September 28, 2012 at 5:09 pm

    I love to bake with apples and pump­kins, put up my fall dec­o­ra­tions, put away the awning on the deck, have the first fire of the year and appre­ci­ate the cooler weather.

  8. Sheryl says:
    September 28, 2012 at 3:35 pm

    While I like the cool­ness and beauty of fall, I don't like the fact that it leads to my least favorite season…Winter.

    • Kerri says:
      September 28, 2012 at 3:50 pm

      I've come to the con­clu­sion that win­ter will arrive whether we like it or not, so I try to take each day as it comes and enjoy it to the fullest. :)

  9. Hope says:
    September 28, 2012 at 2:29 pm

    For me, it's the cooler temps at night. I live in Florida and it's still hot/warm dur­ing the day but in the evenings the temp. is cooler (70's)& lovely.….

  10. Stephanie Durden Edwards says:
    September 28, 2012 at 1:54 pm

    For me, get­ting up and tak­ing my walk early in the morn­ing is the best part. I walk up and down a few steep hills; one over­looks a breath­tak­ing val­ley. The gold, reds, and browns on the trees color the scene. When it's early fog rises up and give it an other-worldly, ethe­real feel. I love fall.