September 14, 2007

• Thursday Thirteen #6???

  This is a day late - but, submitted for your reading pleasure, nonetheless!!!!!

  THIRTEEN THINGS I LIKE TO DO IN FALL 1.  I like to plant mums in burgundy (or orange), white, and yellow colors.  But, that won't become a reality this year.  I'm not yet up to it physically. 2.    I like to decorate around the house with pumpkins, etc. but I won't be doing that, either.  I'm still keeping things pretty "simple" in my life.  I'll be doing good to put a fall looking center piece on my dining room table! 3.    I enjoy changing the way I cook and making  "fall-ish" recipes and serving hearty breads.  Soups, stews, beef briskets, pot roasts, roast chicken dinners, etc. 4.    I like to get the clothes ready for the girls and I for when the cooler weather comes.  It can arrive without notice. 5.  I don't enjoy (but it's a job nonetheless) hiding all of the girls really summery looking dresses and white shoes - except for tennis shoes.  Something about sailor style dresses in September just doesn't seem right!!! 6.    I like anticipating the fall line-up on television.  I KNOW there won't be anything on that I like or that meets my approval, but each year I keep hoping!  Forever the optimist! 7.    It's fascinating to me to see Monarch butterflies everywhere.  This is "the" month in Oklahoma 8.    Another watchful pass time is waiting for the reappearance of bluejays and cardinals around my yard and back fence.  I feed the wild birds hoping to encourage them to pick my house for shelter. 9.    I'm enjoying breaking out the fall scents of candles - things with cinnamon or candles that smell like banana bread baking, etc.  Changing the room sprays to match the candles is another fall "job."  So is changing my summery kitchen towels from cheerful birds and red apples to the solid, deeper hues of brick red and dark blue. 10.    We are enjoying the last of the fresh fruit in the stores before our choices become bananas, oranges, and apples only! 11.    Usually, I like starting the children in new textbooks, but I have to admit that, this year, I haven't even opened the teacher's manuals except for one time.  I saw what I was going to be teaching, got spooked, and haven't opened them since!  What a squirrel, I am! 12.    I'm regretfully putting away some of my favorite summer dresses that look silly after Labor Day (just like the sailor dresses!!!) and contemplating the more appropriate darker colors.  I love my white dresses with the miniature pink, or lavender, or blue rosebuds, etc.  I like my fall clothes too (and I'm very grateful I HAVE a change of clothes), but I DO love the dainty flowers on some of the summer things. 13.    I adore opening the windows and letting in the fresh air.  Air without the strangling humidity like we have had throughout the summer months.  We skipped our hot Indian summer this year and each morning I am able to air out the house before the temps rise to the 80's.  It makes all the house seem cleaner and crispy with that outdoor air - which probably isn't true.  The air is probably laden with ragweed and tree pollens - but *I* think it smells pure!!!!  Links to other Thursday Thirteens! 1.   (leave your link in comments, I’ll add you here!)

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