Making the most of autumn

Going out to look at the beautiful foliage is not enough to make the most of the autumn season. Here are some ideas to fill up those chilly days of pumpkins and hot apple cider.

• Foliage tours-Have a few routes to check out for the countryside and city. A tree lined street in fall can be as beautiful as a mountain of golden maple trees. Make a day of it
• Apples-List area pick your own, tours, and festivals on farms as well as orchards for visits each week
• Diners-A local diner can have a warm community vibe that autumn enhances
• Art-Check out a local newspaper event calendar for craft fairs, festivals and season based events
• Photography-Write down places where morning light and the golden hour in the afternoon are the most beautiful. Visit those places to take photos throughout the season
• Homemade Tours-Select an excursion theme like pumpkin buying, best apple crisp, best apple cider donuts, best diner. Then set your route, travel, keep notes, and make a scrapbook of your adventure

Day 255 Week 37 September 2026

As the September days glide by, the sound of geese flying over on their way south is expected. It is an event that has a vibe the world is on time with nature as it is meant to be. 

As long as I don’t read or watch the news, life can almost feel that normal. Yesterday, a hallowed day in America’s history, I felt that barrier weaken. I felt a need to watch and read the news. 

Being voters is more important today than, I believe, ever before in our history. 

Compassion and care for America depends on being informed. 

Have a Caring Weekend

Read the news

Have a baked potato deluxe

Find a new to you recipe

Browse slippers online

 Tell an apple a funny story

Have a hot chocolate

Go to a yard sale

Call a friend

Canada Geese

25 Years

God Bless America

  11 September 2001

So what happened yesterday during the rain

Busy doing stuff here and there, errands, watching YouTube channels, laundry, but not one book did I read. 

The day started out on a Thursday, but quickly was corrected to be a Wednesday. Thrift store 35% off sale still going on, I dared look at a small cabinet I talked myself out of buying last week. I was glad to see it was sold already. Better glad a small inexpensive bookcase was there in its place for me to buy.

I’ve been going back and forth between cabinet vs shelves. Cost being the biggest issue, I decided that shelving to store art supplies is best, and cheaper. 

Half the organizing is in progress. This time of year furniture is moved to the winter set up taking into consideration heat registers and the window light. 

During it all, I look at my reading chair piled with stuff waiting to be put away. The plan is to cover and label cardboard boxes to put in the bookcase. On the bottom tall shelf will go notebooks and sketchbooks. On the top will be my plastic paint storage boxes. No more art supplies scattered around. Will it all fit? The fun begins! 😂

How was your day?

What’s going on today with rain on the way?

Reading. There are 3 or 4 books stacked up waiting for me to read. Bettering my life includes reading because it is good activity that occupies the mind with life’s possibilities. 

Possibilities are a fuel for hope as well as creativity. Thinking about how to make the most of this years early arrival of fall, I’ve given up pouting about summer ending. Instead, I’m embracing a soup and socks attitude. 

The local Shaws frozen food section rarely has squash. (I’ll put in a request.) I have to buy fresh squash, bake it and then make the soup. A problem I have with that is I eat the squash before it makes it to the soup pot. Frozen, I just put it in the pan. 

Anyway, the first soup of the season will be squash soup with chicken and lots of parsley. The second soup will be French Onion, and the third will be lentil and spinach soup. Once I have those cooked well, the plan is to build a soup menu from new to me recipes.