Every year at this time people start asking:

What Is Your Favorite Season?

Immediately I always answer SUMMER, no questions asked. I love the sunshine that warms me to the bone. I love the hot temperatures that sore to 100 degrees. Most of all I love the lazy days so we can sleep in and have late breakfasts.

Then about 3 seconds later I add that maybe Autumn is a close second. There are so many great things about this time of year that it always pulls me into a happy place.

5 Senses of Autumn

Sound: What Do You Hear?

• Football games being played at the neighborhood field
• Children laughing while walking to and from school/bus stop
• Leaves crunching as you run through them
• Rain on your rooftop in the afternoon

Touch: What Do You Feel?

• The air getting cooler in the evening so that you need a jacket
• Rain drizzling down as you bring in the groceries
• The cozy feeling of a soft sweater on your skin
• Pure joy

Taste: What do you taste?

• Pumpkin everything
• Drinks that warm you from the inside out
• Fresh apples, pumpkins, and cranberries baked or added to everything
• Appetizers and Hors d’ Oeuvres: Football food

Sight: What Do You See?

• Changing from greens to reds, oranges, yellows, and gold
• Birds flying to warmer climates
• Sweaters, jackets, pants, and tall boots
• Farmers markets filled with fresh fruits and vegetables

Smell: What Do You Smell?

• Cool, crisp, fresh air
• Backyard fire pits ready for S’mores
• Pumpkin cookies, pie, and breads baking
• Rain

There are so many great things about this time of year. The trees changing colors, pumpkin everything, Halloween, Thanksgiving, kids starting back to school, sweaters, hunkering down on a chilly day with a cup of something warm and being able to read all afternoon. I just might have to change my answer.

Welcome back Autumn, our senses have missed you.