I know I’m certainly not alone when I say that autumn is my favourite season, and October is my favourite month. There’s just something so special about that end of summer, moving towards winter middle ground. The feeling of something coming to an end, but at the same time something new coming into being. The crispness and subtle sweet smell of woodsmoke in the air. Those cosy darker evenings that close in so swiftly.
Autumn to me is all about the harvest. It’s about processing those thoughts and feelings and ideas that I’ve been harbouring and holding onto throughout the summer. Those things have had the perfect amount of time to ripen and are now ready to be picked, and plucked, including those precious windfalls. Are there things that require storing away to call upon at a later date? Are there things I must prepare to use straight away? Autumn always seems to be my doing season, putting preparations in place for the long winter so that I’m ready to bud and blossom again in the springtime.
And I like it that way. I love to watch the leaves fall away and reflect on the things that are no longer serving me. Allowing them to wither and wilt before casting them aside. Relishing the space and the weightlessness of unburdened branches. I love the stillness of early autumn mornings, when the darkness is just about to graciously give way to glorious sunshine. When the mist wends and wisps across the landscape, and the dew kisses your skin. When a whisper of a spider’s web brushes your cheek and tentative birdsong fills the air.
Autumn to me is the most magical of all the seasons. It is a season of closure with all the unbridled promise of potential and it is a true reflection of how I feel about this stage of my life. I feel as if I have been closing a chapter for an entire year, and now that we are moving more fully into the autumn, that finality is becoming more apparent. But it isn’t completely closed, not yet. I can feel the potential and the power of the next chapter stirring and beginning to surface but right now I’m content to just sit in the space between endings and new beginnings and fully surrender to the fall.
Currently
Reading
I’ve just started the second book in the Blood and Ash series - A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire. I’m slowly curating a list of books to get into and I’m looking forward to making reading a more regular habit again.
Watching
We’re slowly making our way through the third Witcher series, but honestly I have no clue what’s going on. It’s been a long while since I read any of the books and I’m not entirely sure the series is following them anymore. Tom and I are also cosying up to Strictly, which is a real guilty pleasure. I’d be lying if I told you I managed to make it all the way through without crying during one (more than…) of the dances…
Listening to
Our Roadtrip playlist with some new additions to the lineup. We’ve recently moved our bluetooth speaker into the kitchen and it’s been so much fun cooking to music
Loving
Early morning rides. Long drives. Catch-ups with friends. Hanging out with my favourite small human. Sunday roasts at our new local. Rescuing Tom from spiders (and rescuing spiders from the cat). Strictly. Slow weekends. Homemade crumble.