Autumn/Halloween

Just little tidbits. Pumkin Spice. Hot cocoa, warms the heart on a cool evening. Not even winter yet. Leaves just now changing colors. Enjoying life as it goes by. Pumkin spice reminds me of fall with the oncoming winter. Home made or semi homemade, nothing but the best. If you love to cook, or enjoy baking like I do, then you welcome the fall and winter when the baking and cooking of things for those chilly evenings sounds so delish.

Have you decorated your porch into the fall festives? Im still looking for hay. Walmarts prices are ridiculous for such a little bale. I love fall. The smell of harvests in the air. We have so much to be thankful for. I know my blessings are more than bountiful. My God is a great God. He truly deserves every bit of praise and thanks for a wonderful life with so much to be greatful and thankful for.

Halloween is right around the corner. I dont celebrate but I find myself ending up in some way, participating because who can't resist a peek at all the cute little ones running around in the cute outfits that we can ooh and awww over? Who can resist the urge to sit outside in the beautiful fall evenings with a cup of hot cocoa or spiced coffee and hand out candy just to see the kids smiling faces? For whatever reason so many of us may not celebrate---I just try to look at it as a "fall festive" and ignore the spooky costumes that make me shudder.

I'd be thrilled if it was just a "fall festive" instead of calling it halloween. Cuz ain't nothing wrong with a little fun, I just wish we could do the spooks on a different nite--let them do their thing...and the rest of us not into spooks can do the fun fall festives minus that. But then again.....people enjoy getting into the haunted houses around every state, just for the fun of it, without thinking of that the meanings are behind it. Or maybe, just maybe...I think too much. I dont want to deny my kids their fun, but at the same time....real or not, those places give me the heebie jeebies. each to our own right?

So Ill just stick to the "fall" themes, enjoy the coolness of the evenings, put a smile on my face, and be thankful for all the good in my life and just enjoy the festives the best I can to make the best of it.

Enjoy autumn and all it brings! Blessings all around!