BuffyBear's Journal, 14 August 2012

Fall is my absolute fave time of year too, for most of the same reasons. My dining room is all done up in fall colours, with a mustard yellow ceiling, sponged yellow, orange and red walls, and honey golden oak furniture with red and orange seat cushions. We got the colours for the paints we used by taking in a maple leaf that was changing colours to the paint shop. On the other hand, Halloween was always the time I used to pig out on miniature candies, so this will be the first year I test my resolve in avoiding them all... 

you will lose weight faster and be healthier if you cut back on meat and cheese products. Both are full of junk, like antibiotics, that are given animals to keep them healthy 

bloodaxe - your dining room sounds beautiful! Good luck with those miniature candies - those things are deadly!  

tdemirjyn - I have to laugh because you sound like me! Forgot my fresh garden veggies today & didn't have time to stop at the store so all I had to eat was what was in the fridge at work!  

That's funny, Buffy. I just wrote in my journal that August was halfway done as well. I don't love the really hot temperatures, but I did love how light it was at 5:30 in the morning. Now it's getting darker. I'm sad about that. Your mustard BBQ sauce sounds yummy. 

Heather - You also mentioned oatmeal - which I'll be eating a lot more of this winter. And yes, I noticed that it is getting darker in the morning also. Not much fun drinking coffee in the dark.  

I also love the colours of autumn :) @bloodaxe your dining room sounds lovely :)  

fall is my favorite season! Today smelled like the first day of school when I went outside. :) 

I am up in Canada where winter is way too long for my liking!!! I adore summer (I am also a teacher so it means some much needed time off too!) I guess I find fall hard for a number of reasons, it is back to work, it means I spend way less time with my kids, kids that I have grown attached to at school have now moved on, all the beautiful things in my garden that I nurtured all summer long begin to die, and it's my birthday - another year older, always a time of deep reflection of where I want to be and where I am.