Fall ... Get your hands dirty!

To enjoy a season to its fullest, it helps to get messy. Think about it:

• planting flowers in the spring
• building a sand castle in the summer
• scooping out pumpkin goo & seeds in the fall
• making a snow angel in the winter

Messy? Maybe. Delightful? Absolutely. Seasons are meant to be experienced and enjoyed. What's your favorite way to savor fall? Personally, I love:

• going for a hayride (I take an allergy pill first)
• picking pumpkins from a patch (not a box at Wal-mart if I can help it)
• getting cider fresh from the mill
  
• buying apples from the orchard (again, not from WM if I can help it)
• sitting by a campfire under a full harvest moon

When we lived in "one season," I missed the turning of the year by marking its seasons. I had to improvise and get a little more intentional and stock up on artificial leaves. Nice colors, wrong smell. :/

Here's a great idea for celebrating the season of harvest, and it does not have to relate to Halloween at all (I am not a big fan there, so I stick to the "harvest side" of celebrating the season). We are enjoying spending time with our new Adult Bible Fellowship, the "Honeymooners." (Really, they range from engaged to married a few years.) Though we've been married almost 20 years, we are glad to be a part of this group of couples in a sweet time of their lives together. We're able to tell them that while it may be great now, it's going to get even better! (getting off topic...)

So, we had a pumpkin carving contest in the garage, complete with pizza and sweets, followed by a bonfire and free flowing coffee under a cool autumn night. What's better than hands that smell of pumpkin goo, steaming mugs of coffee, a shining full moon, and the smell of camp smoke? Just add friends!

Recipe for a great autumn evening:
1 pumpkin per home, a full pot of coffee, cookies, easy dinner, and friends. :)

Plans for the week end? Get a little messy with "fall things," and enjoy!