autumn
I absolutely adore autumn. Its my favorite time of year, and I'm always the happiest and most peaceful at this time. I love the clothes that we get to wear: fleece and grey and black and hoods and dark beanies. I love the colors, the natural ones and the ones simply associated with fall. I love Halloween, and I especially love the grey skies and chilly weather. Every year I savor the 2 or 3 days of perfect weather we get in October before the snow sets it. It reminds me of home I think, because in Bellevue it was always like that. Bellevue was the perfect place for me to grow up because it just matched my personality. I told my mom that my version of heaven is grey skies and wet ground, with fallen wet leaves everywhere. I miss playing through the leaves when I was a kid. Not worried about anything and knowing I was loved by my mom who was watching me, completely myself and as happy and peaceful as I ever was. Those are my happiest memories, and even if I didn't have those, that's what I would imagine my heaven to be like. I love fall. I especially love the pumpkins and all the other fall vegetables that come out. Squash, zucchini. For some reason the energy from those types of vegetables has always called out to me. Its sounds weird, I know, but its true. I used to tell my manager at Spag that she should try hugging a pumpkin sometime because it always makes me happy. Its very true. I love it when its cold and you have to cuddle under a blanket to stay warm. That's what I'm doing right now :)