Fallen for Fall

So, I know it's only August and I know that I still have around a month and a half until I can be appropriately excited for autumn, but these stores already pushing their orange decorations and pumpkin scented candles have me dreaming of fall already. Did I mention fall is my favorite season? Oh, well it is!

I don't know what it is about fall that I love so much. Beautiful crimson, golden, and orange leaves seem so much more beautiful to me than new pink flowers and green leaves. I dream of a crisp cool breeze ruffling my jacket more than a warm ray of sun of my cheek. I mean, don't get me wrong there is nothing better than a beautiful spring day to boost the spirits after a long, cold, dreary January, February, and sometimes even March. I suffer from the winter blues just as much as the next peppy person, but when I think about fall all year long. It's never long enough. And maybe that's why I yearn for the fall climate and color palate; fall is the shortest season. In actuality spring is probably just as short, but it leads to summer, during which there are loads of sun, flowers, and puffy clouds in a beautiful blue sky. There are at least three months to have bonfires and beach trips, but there is a month and half for cider mill trips and pumpkin decorations, and maybe a few weeks for peak fall color activity. It's so fleeting that I can never fully get my fill before the first snow falls, all the leaves are on the ground, and Halloween has passed.

That brings me to the other reason why fall is so incredible: Halloween. Fall seems so mysterious, magical, and...forboding(?). I'm not sure what word I want to put at the end there. The days grow shorter and talk soon turns to ghosts, goblins, and ghouls. I must admit, that I love all three of these things. A scary movie is so much better with a cup of cider, a sweater, and a half-naked tree out the window. Since I am not religious at all spring's claim of Easter doesn't even begin to compare to fall's ownership of Halloween. Bring on the superstitions, scary folk stories, and eerie buildings. Fall has the ability to enter the mind while creating the perfect ambiance for spooky activities.

So, since it is only August 3rd and I still have three whole months until Halloween (which is fine, because I want to have time to enjoy all of my fall dreams), I will keep dreaming about my moccasins and cardigans, chai and apple cider, pumpkin flavored and scented everything, orange, red, and brown decorations, crisp weather, and spooky Halloween stories, movies, and television programming. Maybe it's a good thing that the stores are getting me excited early; I have more time to enjoy all of the fall I want :)